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 lost 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sekisui House, Ltd. (T:1928), which rose 4.26% or 83.5 points to trade at 2042.0 at the close. CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) added 4.11% or 280.0 points to end at 7100.0 and Oji Holdings Corp. (T:3861) was up 3.90% or 20.0 points to 533.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp (T:4188), which lost 3.32% or 21.4 points to trade at 623.9 in late trade. Olympus Corp. (T:7733) declined 3.30% or 74.0 points to end at 2168.0 and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) shed 3.19% or 111.0 points to 3373.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1974 to 1492 and 232 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.43.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.07% or 0.49 to $45.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.17% or 0.57 to hit $48.22 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 5.10 to trade at $1871.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.05% to 104.11, while EUR/JPY rose 0.08% to 126.08.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 90.905.