Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Insurance, Construction and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Takara Holdings Inc. (T:2531), which rose 3.95% or 41.0 points to trade at 1079.0 at the close. Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (T:4005) added 3.43% or 20.0 points to end at 603.5 and Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103) was up 1.25% or 1.0 points to 81.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NEC Corp. (T:6701), which lost 17.69% or 56.0 points to trade at 260.5 in late trade. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) declined 7.98% or 66.0 points to end at 761.0 and Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064) shed 5.96% or 144.5 points to 2279.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2322 to 753 and 272 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.16% to 18.92.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.32% or 0.17 to $52.46 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.13% or 0.07 to hit $55.25 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 5.85 to trade at $1201.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.18% to 113.57, while EUR/JPY fell 0.18% to 121.47.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 100.37.