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 0.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Olympus Corp. (T:7733), which rose 3.72% or 56.0 points to trade at 1562.0 at the close. The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631) added 3.24% or 41.0 points to end at 1308.0 and Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (T:8804) was up 2.87% or 32.0 points to 1147.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411), which lost 8.34% or 64.0 points to trade at 703.0 in late trade. The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (T:5101) declined 7.82% or 114.0 points to end at 1343.0 and Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) shed 7.70% or 215.5 points to 2584.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2195 to 1450 and 127 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 55.79.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 5.18% or 1.04 to $21.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.32% or 0.35 to hit $26.77 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 5.75 to trade at $1637.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.61% to 108.47, while EUR/JPY rose 0.17% to 119.31.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 99.575.