Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sony Corp. (T:6758), which rose 2.35% or 78.0 points to trade at 3394.0 at the close. Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) added 1.60% or 175.0 points to end at 11125.0 and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506) was up 1.59% or 33.0 points to 2105.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nichirei Corp. (T:2871), which lost 3.75% or 95.0 points to trade at 2438.0 in late trade. NKSJ Holdings, Inc. (T:8630) declined 3.51% or 143.0 points to end at 3936.0 and Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064) shed 3.32% or 83.0 points to 2419.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1587 to 1473 and 303 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 19.96.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.04% or 0.02 to $51.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $54.92 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.03% or 0.35 to trade at $1185.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.19% to 115.78, while EUR/JPY rose 0.01% to 122.67.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 101.78.