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 declined 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (T:6703), which rose 4.51% or 61.0 points to trade at 1414.0 at the close. Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (T:2501) added 3.37% or 79.0 points to end at 2423.0 and Toho Co., Ltd. (T:9602) was up 2.75% or 130.0 points to 4855.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (T:6952), which lost 3.95% or 52.0 points to trade at 1264.0 in late trade. JGC Corp. (T:1963) declined 3.19% or 48.0 points to end at 1455.0 and IHI Corp. (T:7013) shed 3.11% or 78.0 points to 2428.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2209 to 1314 and 216 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 13.12 a new 52-week low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.27% or 0.16 to $59.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.11% or 0.07 to hit $66.41 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 1.95 to trade at $1415.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.16% to 108.08, while EUR/JPY rose 0.12% to 121.61.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 96.662.