Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Warehousing and Fishery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Okuma Corp. (TYO:6103), which rose 3.89% or 281.00 points to trade at 7,498.00 at the close. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4519) added 3.33% or 211.00 points to end at 6,550.00 and Omron Cor (TYO:6645) was up 2.97% or 161.00 points to 5,591.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Komatsu Ltd. (TYO:6301), which lost 4.84% or 219.00 points to trade at 4,304.00 in late trade. Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:5214) declined 3.71% or 136.00 points to end at 3,528.00 and Sojitz Corp. (TYO:2768) shed 3.70% or 138.00 points to 3,589.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2555 to 1091 and 200 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.47% to 21.43.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.51% or 0.39 to $75.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.48% or 0.38 to hit $78.67 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 8.70 to trade at $2,434.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.58% to 154.91, while EUR/JPY rose 0.60% to 167.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 104.42.