Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Insurance, Glass and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631), which rose 12.72% or 50.0 points to trade at 443.0 at the close. Nichirei Corp. (T:2871) added 4.07% or 38.0 points to end at 971.0 and Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (T:2002) was up 1.99% or 36.0 points to 1841.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211), which lost 9.82% or 47.0 points to trade at 431.5 in late trade. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) declined 5.51% or 15.0 points to end at 257.0 and JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411) shed 4.89% or 90.5 points to 1759.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1468 to 423 and 108 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.00% to 30.59.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.05% or 0.02 to $42.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.07% or 0.03 to hit $44.29 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.36% or 4.45 to trade at $1235.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.34% to 110.81, while EUR/JPY fell 0.38% to 124.83.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.04% at 94.70.