Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Canon Inc (T:7751), which rose 8.05% or 144.0 points to trade at 1932.0 at the close. Seiko Epson Cor (T:6724) added 5.98% or 67.0 points to end at 1187.0 and Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) was up 4.29% or 30.0 points to 729.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6504), which lost 4.82% or 165.0 points to trade at 3255.0 in late trade. JTEKT Corp. (T:6473) declined 4.30% or 39.0 points to end at 868.0 and Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (T:3099) shed 4.05% or 23.0 points to 545.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1898 to 1569 and 216 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 23.19.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.62% or 0.24 to $38.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.61% or 0.25 to hit $41.06 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.45 to trade at $1907.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.03% to 104.78, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 123.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 93.007.