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 0.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were NEC Corp. (T:6701), which rose 3.51% or 190.0 points to trade at 5610.0 at the close. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) added 1.71% or 90.0 points to end at 5360.0 and Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (T:2802) was up 1.63% or 47.0 points to 2922.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which lost 4.91% or 78.0 points to trade at 1512.0 in late trade. Inpex Corp. (T:1605) declined 4.71% or 41.0 points to end at 829.0 and Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (T:8233) shed 4.68% or 61.0 points to 1243.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2506 to 1019 and 214 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 17.52.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.10% or 0.07 to $72.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.23% or 0.17 to hit $73.97 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.44% or 7.85 to trade at $1772.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.04% to 110.67, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 131.78.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 92.005.