Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Financial Services and Paper&Pulp sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.72%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were JTEKT Corp. (TYO:6473), which rose 5.61% or 57.50 points to trade at 1,083.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nissui Corp (TYO:1332) added 4.54% or 40.60 points to end at 935.00 and Yokogawa Electric Corp. (TYO:6841) was up 4.36% or 167.00 points to 3,994.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Lasertec Corp (TYO:6920), which fell 4.32% or 1,245.00 points to trade at 27,580.00 at the close. Mercari Inc (TYO:4385) declined 3.07% or 70.50 points to end at 2,228.50 and Hitachi Ltd (TYO:6501) was down 1.86% or 64.00 points to 3,370.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2783 to 871 and 219 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.20% to 25.43.

Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.08% or 0.06 to $77.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.02% or 0.02 to hit $80.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 3.10 to trade at $2,552.10 a troy ounce.

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

The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 100.74.

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