Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Transportation Equipment, Pharmaceutical Industry and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803), which rose 7.97% or 70.0 points to trade at 948.0 at the close. Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801) added 4.95% or 220.0 points to end at 4665.0 and Terumo Corp. (T:4543) was up 3.01% or 130.0 points to 4455.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432), which lost 5.46% or 147.0 points to trade at 2547.0 in late trade. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) declined 3.20% or 14.0 points to end at 423.0 and SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) shed 3.02% or 57.0 points to 1833.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1557 to 1479 and 322 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.38% to 16.39.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.70% or 0.36 to $50.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.82% or 0.44 to hit $53.43 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.65 to trade at $1259.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.06% to 111.23, while EUR/JPY rose 0.09% to 125.19.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 96.77.