Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568), which rose 3.67% or 254.0 points to trade at 7177.0 at the close. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) added 3.49% or 103.0 points to end at 3055.0 and Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332) was up 3.23% or 20.0 points to 639.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043), which lost 4.29% or 130.0 points to trade at 2900.0 in late trade. Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064) declined 3.32% or 63.0 points to end at 1837.0 and The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503) shed 3.28% or 41.5 points to 1222.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1757 to 1730 and 285 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.70.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.14% or 0.08 to $58.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.14% or 0.09 to hit $64.16 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.50 to trade at $1467.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.05% to 108.61, while EUR/JPY rose 0.14% to 120.25.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 97.575.