Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Railway & Bus, Transport and Fishery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Honda Motor Co Ltd (TYO:7267), which rose 12.22% or 156.00 points to trade at 1,432.50 at the close. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211) added 7.19% or 35.30 points to end at 526.40 and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (TYO:7201) was up 6.00% or 27.00 points to 477.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toho Co., Ltd. (TYO:9602), which lost 6.19% or 410.00 points to trade at 6,217.00 in late trade. Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (TYO:8233) declined 4.05% or 51.50 points to end at 1,219.50 and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801) shed 3.16% or 217.00 points to 6,655.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2039 to 1558 and 291 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.78% to 21.84.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.49% or 0.34 to $69.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.51% or 0.37 to hit $72.69 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 5.51 to trade at $2,633.71 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.06% to 157.06, while EUR/JPY fell 0.18% to 163.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 107.91.