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 1.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004), which rose 3.47% or 17.0 points to trade at 507.0 at the close. Kikkoman Corp. (T:2801) added 1.38% or 90.0 points to end at 6600.0 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7012) was up 1.24% or 26.0 points to 2128.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707), which lost 9.11% or 242.0 points to trade at 2415.0 in late trade. Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (T:4901) declined 5.95% or 330.0 points to end at 5212.0 and Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) shed 5.61% or 16.0 points to 269.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3248 to 378 and 115 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 19.40.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.94% or 0.93 to $47.04 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.73% or 0.88 to hit $50.03 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.50% or 9.40 to trade at $1873.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.12% to 103.42, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 126.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 90.142.