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 3.34% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (T:4901), which rose 2.83% or 153.0 points to trade at 5567.0 at the close. CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) fell 0.46% or 20.0 points to end at 4330.0 and Rakuten Inc (T:4755) was down 0.71% or 7.0 points to 980.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dentsu Inc. (T:4324), which lost 7.97% or 265.0 points to trade at 3060.0 in late trade. Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:5901) declined 7.65% or 150.0 points to end at 1812.0 and Takara Holdings Inc. (T:2531) shed 6.96% or 65.0 points to 869.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3638 to 128 and 45 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.91.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.80% or 0.41 to $51.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.88% or 0.49 to hit $56.26 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.94% or 32.55 to trade at $1644.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.01% to 110.72, while EUR/JPY fell 0.02% to 120.11.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 99.227.