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 rose 0.58%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO: 7012 ), which rose 4.61% or 438.00 points to trade at 9,949.00 at the close. Meanwhile, TDK Corp (TYO: 6762 ) added 3.12% or 47.50 points to end at 1,570.50 and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO: 5801 ) was up 3.03% or 197.00 points to 6,695.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Rakuten Inc (TYO: 4755 ), which fell 2.27% or 18.50 points to trade at 795.10 at the close. Ricoh Co., Ltd. (TYO: 7752 ) declined 2.20% or 31.50 points to end at 1,401.00 and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO: 4506 ) was down 2.15% or 17.00 points to 773.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2442 to 1121 and 293 ended unchanged.

Shares in Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO: 7012 ) rose to 5-year highs; up 4.61% or 438.00 to 9,949.00.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.29% to 24.41.

Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.08% or 0.05 to $61.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $64.12 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.79% or 60.86 to trade at $3,333.64 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.44% to 143.47, while EUR/JPY rose 0.30% to 163.09.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 99.09.