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 1.97%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Takara Holdings Inc. (T:2531), which rose 2.93% or 22.0 points to trade at 774.0 at the close. Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) added 2.62% or 44.0 points to end at 1721.0 and Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:2269) was up 2.35% or 180.0 points to 7830.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JGC Corp. (T:1963), which lost 6.29% or 62.0 points to trade at 924.0 in late trade. Dentsu Inc. (T:4324) declined 5.92% or 126.0 points to end at 2001.0 and CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) shed 5.47% or 240.0 points to 4150.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2834 to 824 and 109 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 37.67.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.24% or 0.05 to $20.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 8.56% or 2.19 to hit $23.38 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 4.70 to trade at $1715.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.22% to 107.38, while EUR/JPY fell 0.45% to 116.36.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 100.273.