Japanese stocks up at close; The Nikkei 225 rose 0.72% by Investing.com

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

At the close in Tokyo, it gained 0.72%.

The best performers of the session on the were JTEKT Corp. (TYO: ), which rose 5.61% or 57.50 points to trade at 1,083.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nissui Corp (TYO: ) added 4.54% or 40.60 points to end at 935.00 and Yokogawa Electric Corp. (TYO: ) was up 4.36% or 167.00 points to trade at 3,994.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Lasertec Corp (TYO: ), which decreased 4.32% or 1,245.00 points to trade at 27,580.00 at the close. Merchants Inc (TYO: ) declined 3.07% or 70.50 points to end at 2,228.50 and Hitachi Ltd (TYO: ) declined 1.86% or 64.00 points to 3,370. 00.

Advancers outnumbered decliners on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2,783 to 871, while 219 ended unchanged.

which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, rose 0.20% to 25.43.

Crude oil for October delivery fell 0.08%, or 0.06, to $77.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodity trading, Brent crude for November delivery fell 0.02%, or 0.02, to $80.34 a barrel, while December gold futures fell 0.12 % or 3.10, to $2,552.10 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY rose 0.17% to 144.76, while EUR/JPY rose 0.22% to 161.66.

US dollar index futures were unchanged 0.00% at 100.74.