Japan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Paper&Pulp, Railway&Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which rose 4.85% or 61.0 points to trade at 1318.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Minebea Mitsumi Inc (T:6479) added 4.73% or 81.0 points to end at 1792.0 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) was up 4.67% or 185.0 points to 4150.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568), which fell 4.54% or 309.0 points to trade at 6495.0 at the close. Terumo Corp. (T:4543) declined 2.44% or 85.0 points to end at 3395.0 and Konami Corp. (T:9766) was down 1.92% or 100.0 points to 5120.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2571 to 966 and 182 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 17.35.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.59% or 0.32 to $54.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.44% or 0.26 to hit $59.51 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.46% or 6.75 to trade at $1466.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.31% to 108.39, while EUR/JPY rose 0.20% to 118.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 99.167.
