Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Gas & Water, Precision Instruments and Warehousing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kuraray Co., Ltd. (T:3405), which rose 3.36% or 56.0 points to trade at 1725.0 at the close. Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) added 3.15% or 6.0 points to end at 196.2 and Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333) was up 2.87% or 100.0 points to 3580.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included T&D Holdings, Inc. (T:8795), which lost 2.90% or 53.0 points to trade at 1772.0 in late trade. Minebea Mitsumi Inc (T:6479) declined 2.78% or 45.0 points to end at 1576.0 and Sony Financial Holdings Inc. (T:8729) shed 2.73% or 55.0 points to 1956.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1634 to 1380 and 352 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.27% to 14.62.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.55% or 0.27 to $49.18 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.64% or 0.33 to hit $51.95 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.44% or 5.45 to trade at $1228.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.20% to 112.79, while EUR/JPY rose 0.61% to 121.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 99.94.