Japanese stocks are up at the close; The Nikkei 225 rose 0.06% Via 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 added 0.06%.

The best performers of the session on the were Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO: ), which traded up 3.53% or 760.00 points to trade at 22,260.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 3.31% or 317.00 points to end at 9,886.00 and Ebara Corp. (TYO: ) was up 3.27% or 55.50 points to 1,751.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO: ), which decreased 8.64% or 499.00 points to trade at 5,275.00 at the close. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO: ) declined 4.10% or 127.50 points to end at 2,984.50 and Terumo Corp. (TYO: ) declined 3.19% or 85.50 points to end at 2,597.50.

Advancers outnumbered decliners on the Tokyo Stock Exchange so far in 2019 by 1,599, with 228 ending unchanged.

Shares of Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO:) fell to 3-year lows; down 4.10% or 127.50 to 2,984.50.

which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, fell 1.20% to 28.72.

Crude oil for October delivery fell 0.47 percent, or 0.32, to $68.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodity trading, Brent crude for November delivery was down 0.36%, or 0.26, at $71.58 a barrel, while December gold futures were up 0.04 % or 1.00 to $2,533.70 per troy ounce.

USD/JPY rose 0.10% to 143.32, while EUR/JPY rose 0.14% to 158.23.

US dollar index futures rose 0.07% to 101.59.