Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Machinery, Electrical/Machinery and Precision Instruments sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269), which rose 4.33% or 225.0 points to trade at 5416.0 at the close. Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (T:7202) added 4.26% or 52.5 points to end at 1283.5 and Nikon Corp. (T:7731) was up 3.64% or 54.0 points to 1537.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sony Corp (T:6758), which lost 4.43% or 260.0 points to trade at 5610.0 in late trade. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) declined 4.11% or 58.0 points to end at 1353.0 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) shed 4.01% or 180.0 points to 4310.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2225 to 1287 and 198 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.33% to 18.56.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.38% or 0.24 to $63.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $72.00 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 1.85 to trade at $1275.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.05% to 110.11, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 122.78.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 97.917.