Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Warehousing and Precision Instruments sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were SoftBank Group Corp. (TYO:9984), which rose 4.42% or 416.00 points to trade at 9,837.00 at the close. Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:5631) added 4.25% or 264.00 points to end at 6,469.00 and Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO:9009) was up 4.08% or 164.00 points to 4,181.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857), which lost 9.35% or 894.00 points to trade at 8,664.00 in late trade. Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801) declined 4.03% or 283.00 points to end at 6,732.00 and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (TYO:7201) shed 3.93% or 13.80 points to 337.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2326 to 1263 and 280 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.55% to 21.63.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.40% or 0.28 to $70.43 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.19% or 0.14 to hit $74.05 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 3.21 to trade at $2,666.79 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.02% to 154.13, while EUR/JPY fell 0.11% to 161.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 106.64.