Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Transport, Automobiles & Parts and Textile sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.71% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were CyberAgent Inc (T:4751), which rose 2.65% or 36.00 points to trade at 1,395.00 at the close. AGC Inc (T:5201) added 2.27% or 95.00 points to end at 4,280.00 and Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (T:9147) was up 2.01% or 150.00 points to 7,610.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707), which lost 13.19% or 403.00 points to trade at 2,652.00 in late trade. Hino Motors, Ltd. (T:7205) declined 12.21% or 91.00 points to end at 654.00 and Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (T:5711) shed 8.60% or 196.00 points to 2,082.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2995 to 647 and 131 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 6.54% to 29.82 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 3.04% or 3.63 to $123.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 3.58% or 4.41 to hit $127.62 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.44% or 28.65 to trade at $2,024.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.13% to 115.43, while EUR/JPY rose 0.25% to 125.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 99.19.