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 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which rose 3.51% or 175.0 points to trade at 5160.0 at the close. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) added 2.85% or 67.0 points to end at 2417.0 and Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202) was up 2.15% or 12.0 points to 570.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which lost 5.07% or 82.0 points to trade at 1534.0 in late trade. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) declined 4.87% or 102.0 points to end at 1992.0 and JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411) shed 3.76% or 63.0 points to 1613.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2576 to 968 and 196 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.18.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.66% or 0.44 to $66.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.63% or 0.44 to hit $69.07 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 6.45 to trade at $1796.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.02% to 109.25, while EUR/JPY fell 0.03% to 128.60.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 92.700.