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

At the close in Tokyo, the gained 0.12% to hit a new 6-months high.

The best performers of the session on the were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:), which rose 4.05% or 21.00 points to trade at 539.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Advantest Corp. (TYO:) added 3.53% or 380.00 points to end at 11,140.00 and Panasonic Corp (TYO:) was up 2.42% or 31.50 points to 1,333.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Sojitz Corp. (TYO:), which fell 4.05% or 117.00 points to trade at 2,771.00 at the close. CyberAgent Inc (TYO:) declined 2.97% or 35.00 points to end at 1,145.00 and TOTO Ltd. (TYO:) was down 2.89% or 135.00 points to 4,540.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1981 to 1550 and 316 ended unchanged.

Shares in Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.05% or 21.00 to 539.00. Shares in Panasonic Corp (TYO:) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.42% or 31.50 to 1,333.50.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.63% to 15.62.

Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.28% or 0.21 to $75.87 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.32% or 0.25 to hit $79.56 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.50 to trade at $1,990.70 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.10% to 137.62, while EUR/JPY rose 0.29% to 151.32.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 101.76.