Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Pharmaceutical Industry and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 5.01% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which rose 1.87% or 5.0 points to trade at 273.0 at the close. Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201) unchanged 0.00% or 0.0 points to end at 882.9 and IHI Corp. (T:7013) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.0 points to 3135.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JGC Corp. (T:1963), which lost 8.49% or 131.0 points to trade at 1412.0 in late trade. Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523) declined 8.40% or 738.0 points to end at 8047.0 and Daikin Industries, Ltd. (T:6367) shed 8.39% or 1025.0 points to 11190.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3546 to 113 and 30 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.04% to 26.24 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 6.34% or 2.89 to $42.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 6.23% or 3.37 to hit $50.73 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.14% or 14.40 to trade at $1272.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.15% to 110.28, while EUR/JPY fell 0.07% to 125.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 96.010.