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 fell 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707), which rose 2.80% or 52.0 points to trade at 1907.0 at the close. Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) added 2.41% or 170.0 points to end at 7230.0 and Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303) was up 2.19% or 36.0 points to 1681.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yamaha Corp. (T:7951), which lost 5.15% or 310.0 points to trade at 5710.0 in late trade. Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (T:3099) declined 3.95% or 36.0 points to end at 876.0 and Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) shed 3.64% or 12.0 points to 318.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2146 to 1417 and 219 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.88.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.11% or 0.06 to $53.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $58.55 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.25 to trade at $1577.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.18% to 109.08, while EUR/JPY rose 0.14% to 120.15.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 97.820.