Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Manufacturing, Paper & Pulp and Textile sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333), which rose 5.79% or 185.0 points to trade at 3380.0 at the close. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) added 5.79% or 30.0 points to end at 548.0 and IHI Corp. (T:7013) was up 4.21% or 13.0 points to 321.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631), which lost 5.19% or 111.0 points to trade at 2029.0 in late trade. DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:5714) declined 4.32% or 41.0 points to end at 909.0 and Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. (T:5002) shed 3.11% or 34.0 points to 1058.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1926 to 1020 and 383 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.34% to 19.99.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.23% or 0.12 to $53.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.29% or 0.16 to hit $55.88 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 3.65 to trade at $1235.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.13% to 111.87, while EUR/JPY fell 0.42% to 119.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 100.25.