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 0.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which rose 1.76% or 33.0 points to trade at 1912.0 at the close. Minebea Mitsumi Inc (T:6479) added 1.53% or 33.0 points to end at 2192.0 and Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc (T:8750) was up 1.50% or 26.5 points to 1788.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333), which lost 3.91% or 115.0 points to trade at 2823.0 in late trade. Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523) declined 3.58% or 289.0 points to end at 7783.0 and Kikkoman Corp. (T:2801) shed 3.39% or 190.0 points to 5410.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2351 to 1191 and 221 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 13.85 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.48% or 0.27 to $56.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.31% or 0.19 to hit $61.11 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.50 to trade at $1467.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.12% to 109.11, while EUR/JPY rose 0.12% to 120.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 97.817.