Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Steel, Retail and Warehousing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432), which rose 6.70% or 240.0 points to trade at 3820.0 at the close. Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (T:9532) added 3.51% or 14.5 points to end at 427.3 and Mitsubishi Corp. (T:8058) was up 2.83% or 58.5 points to 2124.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983), which lost 5.38% or 1850.0 points to trade at 32510.0 in late trade. J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086) declined 4.06% or 54.0 points to end at 1276.0 and Furukawa Co., Ltd. (T:5715) shed 3.68% or 6.0 points to 157.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 965 to 922 and 175 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.39% to 24.41.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.46% or 0.20 to $43.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.24% or 0.11 to hit $45.84 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.13% or 1.75 to trade at $1319.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.24% to 101.69, while EUR/JPY fell 0.14% to 113.74.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 95.70.