Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Finance & Investment, Transport and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were IHI Corp. (T:7013), which rose 6.11% or 14.0 points to trade at 243.0 at the close. Pioneer Corp. (T:6773) added 5.38% or 15.0 points to end at 294.0 and Konami Corp. (T:9766) was up 4.95% or 155.0 points to 3285.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (T:5101), which lost 4.02% or 79.0 points to trade at 1885.0 in late trade. Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co. (T:5703) declined 3.61% or 7.0 points to end at 187.0 and Sony Financial Holdings Inc. (T:8729) shed 3.47% or 52.0 points to 1448.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1031 to 768 and 85 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.04% to 23.77.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.94% or 0.37 to $39.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.03% or 0.42 to hit $40.45 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.11% or 1.30 to trade at $1220.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.13% to 113.60, while EUR/JPY rose 0.15% to 127.19.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 96.04.