Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Fishery, Marine Transport and Food sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803), which rose 6.65% or 31.0 points to trade at 497.0 at the close. Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706) added 6.25% or 10.0 points to end at 170.0 and Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) was up 6.05% or 17.0 points to 298.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333), which lost 4.92% or 110.0 points to trade at 2126.0 in late trade. NTT Docomo, Inc. (T:9437) declined 4.18% or 110.5 points to end at 2531.5 and KDDI Corp. (T:9433) shed 3.88% or 117.0 points to 2896.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1383 to 425 and 82 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.32% to 34.55.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.53% or 0.51 to $32.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.44% or 0.50 to hit $34.19 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 0.57% or 6.90 to trade at $1217.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.58% to 112.26, while EUR/JPY fell 0.52% to 123.88.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 97.30.