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 1.54%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO: 5801 ), which rose 13.84% or 681.00 points to trade at 5,601.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Denka Co Ltd (TYO: 4061 ) added 9.84% or 191.00 points to end at 2,132.50 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO: 7211 ) was up 8.34% or 34.60 points to 449.60 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Sharp Corp (TYO: 6753 ), which fell 13.31% or 124.80 points to trade at 812.60 at the close. Keio Corp. (TYO: 9008 ) declined 9.27% or 366.00 points to end at 3,581.00 and Fujikura Ltd. (TYO: 5803 ) was down 5.17% or 313.00 points to 5,743.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1829 to 1795 and 239 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.63% to 24.18 a new 1-month low.

Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.03% or 0.02 to $61.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $64.93 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.13% or 36.59 to trade at $3,264.59 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.36% to 147.92, while EUR/JPY fell 0.15% to 164.35.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 101.39.