Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 2.14%

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 2.14%.

The best performers of the session on the were Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 11.25% or 2,740.00 points to trade at 27,100.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Kyocera Corp. (TYO:) added 8.05% or 125.00 points to end at 1,678.50 and Renesas Electronics Corp (TYO:) was up 7.00% or 141.50 points to 2,162.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nexon Co Ltd (TYO:), which fell 2.92% or 67.00 points to trade at 2,227.50 at the close. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:) declined 2.73% or 62.50 points to end at 2,229.00 and Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:) was down 2.49% or 133.00 points to 5,207.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2012 to 1609 and 263 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.54% to 22.78.

Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.08% or 0.06 to $73.50 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $76.30 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 6.16 to trade at $2,653.56 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.13% to 157.80, while EUR/JPY rose 0.22% to 164.12.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 107.99.