Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Gas & Water, Pharmaceutical Industry and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were JTEKT Corp. (T:6473), which rose 7.04% or 122.0 points to trade at 1856.0 at the close. Okuma Corp. (T:6103) added 5.66% or 370.0 points to end at 6910.0 and TDK Corp. (T:6762) was up 5.22% or 430.0 points to 8670.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752), which lost 7.27% or 82.0 points to trade at 1046.0 in late trade. GS Yuasa Corp. (T:6674) declined 6.13% or 37.0 points to end at 567.0 and Kao Corp. (T:4452) shed 5.37% or 388.0 points to 6836.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1780 to 1466 and 242 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.73% to 15.27.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.24% or 0.13 to $54.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.18% or 0.11 to hit $60.48 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.52 to trade at $1277.18 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 113.12, while EUR/JPY fell 0.16% to 131.65.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 94.44.