Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 1.78%

Japan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Textile sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.78%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857), which rose 8.98% or 2,790.00 points to trade at 33,860.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ibiden Co Ltd (TYO:4062) added 8.54% or 704.00 points to end at 8,952.00 and SUMCO Corp. (TYO:3436) was up 5.50% or 124.50 points to 2,389.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568), which fell 8.16% or 230.50 points to trade at 2,594.50 at the close. Japan Exchange Group Inc (TYO:8697) declined 4.83% or 106.00 points to end at 2,088.00 and Mitsubishi Estate Co Ltd (TYO:8802) was down 4.04% or 159.00 points to 3,780.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1726 to 1695 and 289 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 9.91% to 34.46.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.03% or 0.03 to $101.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.08% or 0.09 to hit $110.83 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.64% or 25.70 to trade at $4,012.70 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.20% to 157.81, while EUR/JPY rose 0.05% to 176.11.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 101.99.