Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Food, Gas & Water and Communication sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681), which rose 3.89% or 36.0 points to trade at 961.0 at the close. The Shizuoka Bank, Ltd. (T:8355) added 3.60% or 29.0 points to end at 834.0 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) was up 3.15% or 31.0 points to 1016.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nichirei Corp. (T:2871), which lost 2.84% or 30.0 points to trade at 1028.0 in late trade. Marui Group Co., Ltd. (T:8252) declined 2.73% or 36.0 points to end at 1283.0 and Takara Holdings Inc. (T:2531) shed 2.46% or 22.0 points to 871.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1053 to 836 and 166 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.59% to 22.92.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.15% or 0.07 to $47.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $49.41 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.24% or 3.15 to trade at $1323.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.35% to 102.28, while EUR/JPY rose 0.19% to 114.25.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.21% at 95.73.