Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.49%

Japan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Glass, Chemical, Petroleum&Plastic and Banking sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.49%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Ebara Corp. (TYO:6361), which rose 6.70% or 426.00 points to trade at 6,786.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Japan Post Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6178) added 4.89% or 50.50 points to end at 1,084.00 and Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (TYO:4183) was up 3.76% or 149.00 points to 4,108.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:7762), which fell 8.62% or 83.00 points to trade at 880.00 at the close. Dentsu Inc. (TYO:4324) declined 7.65% or 348.00 points to end at 4,200.00 and Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803) was down 3.96% or 48.00 points to 1,164.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1910 to 1729 and 222 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.44% to 19.70.

Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.39% or 0.32 to $82.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.30% or 0.26 to hit $85.95 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.45% or 8.75 to trade at $1,935.25 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.17% to 145.79, while EUR/JPY rose 0.26% to 159.16.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 103.02.