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 0.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707), which rose 5.86% or 158.0 points to trade at 2855.0 at the close. Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) added 4.43% or 87.0 points to end at 2051.0 and Mazda Motor Corp (T:7261) was up 3.75% or 36.0 points to 996.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086), which lost 5.22% or 56.0 points to trade at 1017.0 in late trade. Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) declined 4.34% or 220.0 points to end at 4850.0 and Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) shed 3.96% or 306.0 points to 7419.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2677 to 851 and 208 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.19.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.15% or 0.12 to $80.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.19% or 0.16 to hit $83.49 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.66% or 11.60 to trade at $1767.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.28% to 113.61, while EUR/JPY rose 0.16% to 131.08.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 94.502.