Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Rubber and Glass sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983), which rose 2.00% or 1070.0 points to trade at 54480.0 at the close. Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (T:3863) added 1.79% or 40.0 points to end at 2280.0 and Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303) was up 1.53% or 24.0 points to 1589.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which lost 4.99% or 64.0 points to trade at 1219.0 in late trade. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) declined 4.76% or 235.0 points to end at 4700.0 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) shed 4.18% or 102.0 points to 2338.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2186 to 1279 and 242 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.55% to 16.54 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.30% or 0.17 to $56.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.21% or 0.14 to hit $65.53 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.75 to trade at $1286.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.17% to 111.94, while EUR/JPY rose 0.03% to 126.72.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 96.700.