Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.87%

Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, the added 0.87% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the were Lasertec Corp (TYO:), which rose 6.63% or 1,590.00 points to trade at 25,590.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:) added 6.55% or 155.00 points to end at 2,520.00 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 6.40% or 670.00 points to 11,140.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Eneos Holdings Inc (TYO:), which fell 4.71% or 39.70 points to trade at 802.50 at the close. Inpex Corp. (TYO:) declined 3.26% or 68.50 points to end at 2,031.50 and Toray Industries, Inc. (TYO:) was down 3.05% or 25.90 points to 822.90.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2270 to 1342 and 256 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 28.67.

Crude oil for November delivery was down 3.67% or 2.71 to $71.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 3.63% or 2.81 to hit $74.65 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 2.30 to trade at $2,663.30 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.19% to 149.46, while EUR/JPY fell 0.34% to 162.82.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 103.06.