Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Insurance, Chemical and Machinery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TOKYO:9501), which rose 4.71% or 36.0 points to trade at 801.0 at the close. Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:3110) added 4.45% or 27.0 points to end at 634.0 and Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (TOKYO:1332) was up 3.48% or 13.0 points to 387.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TOKYO:7011), which lost 4.51% or 31.6 points to trade at 668.4 in late trade. Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:7201) declined 4.10% or 50.5 points to end at 1181.5 and Nitto Denko Co (TOKYO:6988) shed 4.05% or 394.0 points to 9329.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1054 to 826 and 2 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.48% to 19.85.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.45% or 0.21 to $47.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.79% or 0.42 to hit $53.05 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1096.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.26% to 123.57, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 136.72.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 96.81.