Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Transport, Banking and Rubber sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (TOKYO:9502), which rose 4.46% or 86.0 points to trade at 2015.0 at the close. NTT Docomo, Inc. (TOKYO:9437) added 3.94% or 88.5 points to end at 2337.0 and JTEKT Corp. (TOKYO:6473) was up 3.82% or 87.0 points to 2367.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (TOKYO:8411), which lost 3.25% or 9.1 points to trade at 270.5 in late trade. Bridgestone Corp. (TOKYO:5108) declined 3.25% or 168.0 points to end at 5007.0 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:6976) shed 3.12% or 58.0 points to 1803.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1002 to 880 and 1 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.16% to 18.16.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.46% or 0.28 to $60.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.44% or 0.28 to hit $65.17 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1189.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.22% to 124.50, while EUR/JPY rose 0.08% to 136.45.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 97.25.