Japanese stocks are up at the close; The Nikkei 225 rose 0.14% 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 was up 0.14 percent to hit a fresh one-month high.

The best performers of the session on the were Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO: ), which rose 6.60% or 68.00 points to trade at 1,098.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Merchants Inc (TYO: ) added 6.23% or 147.00 points to end at 2,505.50 and Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (TYO: ) was up 6.06% or 427.00 points to end at 7,477.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Fujikura Ltd. (TYO: ), which decreased 3.74% or 165.00 points to trade at 4,250.00 at the close. Lasertec Corp (TYO: ) declined 3.44% or 945.00 points to end at 26,495.00 and SUMCO Corp. (TYO: ) declined 2.76% or 46.50 points to 1,638.00.

Advancers outnumbered decliners on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2,483 to 1,120, with 272 ending unchanged.

Shares in Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (TYO:) rose to 5-year highs; up 6.06% or 427.00 to 7,477.00.

which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, rose 0.99% to 21.53.

Crude oil for October delivery rose 0.03%, or 0.02, to $74.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodity trading, Brent crude for November delivery was down 0.21%, or 0.16, at $77.36 a barrel, while December gold futures were down 0.16 % or 4.00 to $2,527.70 per troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.50% at 146.17, while EUR/JPY was down 0.66% at 161.58.

US dollar index futures rose 0.10% to 101.68.