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 added 6.01%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujikura Ltd. (TYO: 5803 ), which rose 19.48% or 700.00 points to trade at 4,293.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO: 5631 ) added 18.11% or 700.00 points to end at 4,566.00 and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (TYO: 5802 ) was up 14.74% or 258.00 points to 2,008.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO: 4568 ), which fell 0.56% or 19.00 points to trade at 3,356.00 at the close. Suzuki Motor Corp. (TYO: 7269 ) declined 0.48% or 7.50 points to end at 1,563.00 and East Japan Railway Co. (TYO: 9020 ) was down 0.08% or 2.50 points to 2,939.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3790 to 65 and 24 ended unchanged.

Shares in Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO: 4568 ) fell to 52-week lows; falling 0.56% or 19.00 to 3,356.00.

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 1.17% or 0.71 to $61.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.06% or 0.68 to hit $64.89 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.72% or 51.16 to trade at $3,024.76 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.18% to 147.16, while EUR/JPY rose 0.35% to 161.50.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 102.61.