Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Paper & Pulp and Textile sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202), which rose 7.66% or 83.0 points to trade at 1166.0 at the close. Kuraray Co., Ltd. (T:3405) added 4.98% or 90.0 points to end at 1897.0 and Konica Minolta, Inc. (T:4902) was up 3.60% or 35.0 points to 1007.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pioneer Corp. (T:6773), which lost 8.99% or 16.0 points to trade at 162.0 in late trade. Ebara Corp. (T:6361) declined 8.41% or 365.0 points to end at 3975.0 and Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (T:2002) shed 6.66% or 164.0 points to 2299.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1848 to 1528 and 205 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.15% to 14.56.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.01% or 0.01 to $70.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.46% or 0.36 to hit $78.59 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.64% or 8.40 to trade at $1309.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.21% to 109.89, while EUR/JPY rose 0.15% to 130.98.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 92.64.