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 lost 0.75%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984), which rose 10.50% or 647.0 points to trade at 6808.0 at the close. Taisei Corp. (T:1801) added 6.78% or 235.0 points to end at 3700.0 and Kajima Corp. (T:1812) was up 5.45% or 74.0 points to 1433.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7012), which lost 9.24% or 215.0 points to trade at 2112.0 in late trade. Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103) declined 8.68% or 31.0 points to end at 326.0 and Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803) shed 6.61% or 41.0 points to 579.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2719 to 853 and 184 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 19.71.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.02% or 0.02 to $81.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $83.40 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 3.70 to trade at $1824.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.31% to 112.86, while EUR/JPY fell 0.25% to 130.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 93.965.