Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Marine Transport, Banking and Warehousing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Comsys Holdings Corp. (T:1721), which rose 1.83% or 44.0 points to trade at 2444.0 at the close. Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T:6841) added 1.80% or 31.0 points to end at 1752.0 and Meidensha Corp. (T:6508) was up 1.80% or 7.0 points to 395.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104), which lost 3.72% or 13.0 points to trade at 336.5 in late trade. Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702) declined 2.89% or 23.2 points to end at 780.4 and Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) shed 2.76% or 84.0 points to 2956.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3021 to 340 and 131 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 9.10% to 16.55.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.95% or 0.45 to $47.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.21% or 0.11 to hit $52.45 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.37% or 4.89 to trade at $1335.29 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.20% to 109.50, while EUR/JPY fell 0.34% to 130.11.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 92.63.