Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which rose 2.98% or 11.0 points to trade at 380.0 at the close. Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:7762) added 2.41% or 12.0 points to end at 509.0 and West Japan Railway Co. (T:9021) was up 2.39% or 113.0 points to 4832.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406), which lost 6.80% or 42.0 points to trade at 576.0 in late trade. JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411) declined 6.78% or 114.0 points to end at 1568.0 and Japan Steel Works Ltd (T:5631) shed 4.82% or 205.0 points to 4045.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2414 to 1115 and 252 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.26.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 2.06% or 1.72 to $85.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.68% or 1.45 to hit $87.93 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 2.20 to trade at $1814.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.31% to 114.95, while EUR/JPY rose 0.24% to 131.04.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 95.323.