Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.04%

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 0.04%.

The best performers of the session on the were SUMCO Corp. (TYO:), which rose 4.75% or 94.00 points to trade at 2,072.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Advantest Corp. (TYO:) added 4.26% or 830.00 points to end at 20,300.00 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:) was up 3.43% or 17.10 points to 516.20 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 4.29% or 397.00 points to trade at 8,850.00 at the close. Kobe Steel, Ltd. (TYO:) declined 3.68% or 50.50 points to end at 1,322.50 and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was down 3.60% or 46.00 points to 1,233.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1988 to 1590 and 266 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.29% to 21.13.

Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.74% or 0.54 to $73.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.66% or 0.51 to hit $78.20 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 6.20 to trade at $1,937.20 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.48% to 140.63, while EUR/JPY fell 0.35% to 154.92.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 101.41.