Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Manufacturing and Textile sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104), which rose 4.07% or 10.0 points to trade at 255.5 at the close. Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) added 3.47% or 133.0 points to end at 3964.0 and Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103) was up 2.74% or 2.0 points to 75.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631), which lost 12.01% or 278.0 points to trade at 2037.0 in late trade. DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:5714) declined 7.13% or 56.0 points to end at 729.0 and Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (T:5232) shed 6.86% or 29.0 points to 394.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1652 to 1270 and 360 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.22% to 22.67.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.02% or 0.01 to $44.90 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.28% or 0.13 to hit $46.28 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.38% or 4.85 to trade at $1284.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 104.40, while EUR/JPY fell 0.03% to 115.30.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 97.73.