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 fell 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Comsys Holdings Corp. (T:1721), which rose 3.12% or 91.0 points to trade at 3010.0 at the close. Kajima Corp. (T:1812) added 2.62% or 34.0 points to end at 1334.0 and NKSJ Holdings, Inc. (T:8630) was up 2.50% or 96.0 points to 3936.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201), which lost 4.82% or 23.5 points to trade at 464.1 in late trade. Advantest Corp. (T:6857) declined 3.90% or 240.0 points to end at 5910.0 and Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (T:4005) shed 3.75% or 14.0 points to 359.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1945 to 1559 and 197 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 25.87 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.13% or 0.05 to $38.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.39% or 0.16 to hit $40.64 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.30 to trade at $1705.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.46% to 107.92, while EUR/JPY fell 0.68% to 121.60.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 96.862.