Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Rubber, Insurance and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506), which rose 4.36% or 124.0 points to trade at 2968.0 at the close. Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004) added 2.70% or 15.0 points to end at 570.0 and SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) was up 2.60% or 47.0 points to 1856.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004), which lost 5.61% or 176.0 points to trade at 2964.0 in late trade. Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) declined 4.91% or 13.9 points to end at 269.0 and Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (T:3863) shed 3.52% or 80.0 points to 2193.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1811 to 1363 and 308 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 8.33% to 13.26.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.39% or 0.18 to $46.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.37% or 0.18 to hit $48.78 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 1.71 to trade at $1252.59 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.16% to 111.28, while EUR/JPY rose 0.25% to 129.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 93.79.