Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Power, Automobiles & Parts and Railway & Bus sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kao Corp. (TYO:4452), which rose 4.13% or 260.00 points to trade at 6,562.00 at the close. M3 Inc (TYO:2413) added 4.05% or 57.00 points to end at 1,465.50 and Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (TYO:2501) was up 3.37% or 282.00 points to 8,639.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803), which lost 6.76% or 381.00 points to trade at 5,259.00 in late trade. Lasertec Corp (TYO:6920) declined 5.49% or 970.00 points to end at 16,705.00 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7012) shed 5.39% or 335.00 points to 5,885.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2146 to 1467 and 244 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 9.60% to 23.64.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.17% or 0.12 to $69.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.11% or 0.08 to hit $72.56 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 3.80 to trade at $2,646.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 154.10, while EUR/JPY fell 0.24% to 161.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 107.09.