(MENAFN- FxPro) Japan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Transport, Paper&Pulp and Fishery sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.12% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were JFE Holdings, Inc. (TOKYO:5411), which rose 4.52% or 130.5 points to trade at 3015.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Fujitsu Ltd. (TOKYO:6702) added 3.93% or 26.5 points to end at 700.5 and Nippon Steel&Sumitomo Metal Corp. (TOKYO:5401) was up 3.51% or 11.4 points to 335.8 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shionogi&Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:4507), which fell 1.62% or 75.0 points to trade at 4565.0 at the close. Sony Financial Holdings Inc. (TOKYO:8729) declined 1.52% or 33.0 points to end at 2142.0 and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:4568) was down 1.42% or 33.5 points to 2331.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1063 to 820.
Shares in Nippon Steel&Sumitomo Metal Corp. (TOKYO:5401) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.51% or 11.4 to 335.8.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.74% to 17.37 a new 6-months low.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.29% or 0.17 to $59.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.37% or 0.24 to hit $65.28 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.71% or 8.60 to trade at $1196.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.78% to 122.51, while EUR/JPY rose 0.06% to 133.52.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.69% at 97.13.
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