Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

The Tokyo close saw the stock rise 2.08%

They were the top performers at the session Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (T:) climbed 5.30%, or 409.0 points, to trade at 8121.0 after the close. Meanwhile, Advantest Corp. T: added 4.61%, or 470.0 points, to reach 10670.0 Tokyo Electron Ltd. T: was at 62220.0, up 4.40% from 2620.0 points in late trade.

These were the worst performers of the session. Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:), fell 1.69%, or 31.0 points, to trade at 1800.0 after the close. Mitsubishi Materials Corp. T: fell 1.23%, or 24.0 points, to finish at 1920.0 Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. T: was at 2195.0, down 0.77% (or 17.0 points).

Stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange were outnumbered by declining stocks, with 2523 being 1046 in favor and 224 remaining unchanged.

Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (T) shares plunged to 52 week lows. The stock fell 1.23%, 24.0 to 1920.0. Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. shares (T:), fell to 52 week lows, down 0.77%, 17.0 to 219.0.

The was unchanged from 0% to 24.56 for the, which is used to measure implied volatility of Nikkei options 225.

Brent oil rose 1.21%, or 0.83 to $69.44/barrel for February delivery. Brent oil rose 0.62 percent to $72.14 per barrel in commodity trading. The February Gold Futures contract dropped 0.18% to $1791.35 an ounce.

USD/JPY increased 0.14% at 113.74 while EUR/JPY rose 0.2% to 128.36.

US Dollar Index Futures were down 0.9% at 96.455