Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Transportation Equipment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 2.70% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (T:6952), which rose 0.30% or 5.0 points to trade at 1670.0 at the close. NEC Corp. (T:6701) added 0.16% or 5.0 points to end at 3145.0 and Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:2503) was up 0.09% or 2.5 points to 2684.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TOTO Ltd. (T:5332), which lost 8.27% or 380.0 points to trade at 4215.0 in late trade. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) declined 6.80% or 120.5 points to end at 1652.5 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) shed 6.51% or 430.0 points to 6175.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3206 to 339 and 135 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.50% to 21.80.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.48% or 0.33 to $68.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.01% or 0.81 to hit $79.02 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.41% or 17.20 to trade at $1238.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.43% to 112.32, while EUR/JPY fell 0.40% to 128.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 95.66.