Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Steel, Precision Instruments and Transportation Equipment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7011), which rose 4.97% or 22.3 points to trade at 470.9 at the close. Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) added 2.30% or 80.0 points to end at 3560.0 and Pioneer Corp. (T:6773) was up 2.05% or 5.0 points to 249.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nisshin Steel Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:5413), which lost 2.41% or 38.0 points to trade at 1540.0 in late trade. DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) declined 2.20% or 56.0 points to end at 2490.0 and Familymart Ltd (T:8028) shed 2.06% or 140.0 points to 6670.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1530 to 1452 and 364 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.63% to 14.98.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.21% or 0.10 to $48.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.21% or 0.11 to hit $51.24 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 2.25 to trade at $1200.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.22% to 115.13, while EUR/JPY rose 0.13% to 122.55.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 101.46.