Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Gas & Water, Retail and Transportation Equipment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Hitachi Ltd (T:6501), which rose 4.20% or 144.0 points to trade at 3575.0 at the close. IHI Corp. (T:7013) added 2.73% or 72.0 points to end at 2713.0 and TOTO Ltd. (T:5332) was up 2.08% or 90.0 points to 4410.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Familymart Ltd (T:8028), which lost 5.43% or 170.0 points to trade at 2960.0 in late trade. Ube Industries, Ltd. (T:4208) declined 2.95% or 71.0 points to end at 2339.0 and Nikon Corp. (T:7731) shed 2.64% or 43.0 points to 1583.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2214 to 1295 and 207 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.00% to 15.87 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.30% or 0.18 to $59.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.55% or 0.37 to hit $67.91 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 3.75 to trade at $1305.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.13% to 111.28, while EUR/JPY rose 0.03% to 126.35.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 95.835.