Investing.com – 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 0.89%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yokogawa Electric Corp. (TYO: 6841 ), which rose 7.41% or 208.00 points to trade at 3,014.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Denso Corp. (TYO: 6902 ) added 5.64% or 94.00 points to end at 1,761.00 and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (TYO: 5802 ) was up 5.27% or 107.50 points to 2,148.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO: 4911 ), which fell 5.86% or 147.50 points to trade at 2,370.00 at the close. Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO: 9531 ) declined 4.46% or 216.00 points to end at 4,630.00 and Toho Co., Ltd. (TYO: 9602 ) was down 4.31% or 344.00 points to 7,636.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2032 to 1560 and 256 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.10% to 27.84.

Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.73% or 0.45 to $61.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.66% or 0.43 to hit $65.31 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 15.76 to trade at $3,242.06 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 143.41, while EUR/JPY fell 0.37% to 162.42.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 99.63.