Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Gas & Water, Shipbuilding and Machinery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Shimizu Corp. (T:1803), which rose 1.99% or 22.0 points to trade at 1130.0 at the close. Kubota Corp. (T:6326) added 1.81% or 32.0 points to end at 1800.0 and Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752) was up 1.51% or 15.0 points to 1010.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which lost 7.50% or 153.0 points to trade at 1888.0 in late trade. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) declined 6.16% or 185.0 points to end at 2820.0 and Kuraray Co., Ltd. (T:3405) shed 4.48% or 73.0 points to 1555.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2932 to 505 and 137 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 8.27% to 16.24.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.48% or 0.97 to $64.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.90% or 0.68 to hit $74.66 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 2.90 to trade at $1283.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.78% to 109.69, while EUR/JPY fell 1.37% to 126.74.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 94.76.