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 0.72%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043), which rose 1.97% or 49.0 points to trade at 2532.0 at the close. Amada Co., Ltd. (T:6113) added 1.64% or 19.0 points to end at 1179.0 and Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) was up 1.63% or 5.0 points to 311.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501), which lost 5.71% or 32.5 points to trade at 536.5 in late trade. Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) declined 4.65% or 52.0 points to end at 1066.0 and JGC Corp. (T:1963) shed 3.94% or 56.0 points to 1367.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2840 to 717 and 166 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 16.74 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.35% or 0.18 to $51.99 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.51% or 0.31 to hit $60.63 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 5.45 to trade at $1348.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.26% to 108.27, while EUR/JPY fell 0.07% to 121.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 96.915.