Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Warehousing, Real Estate and Finance & Investment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Ebara Corp. (T:6361), which rose 8.35% or 340.0 points to trade at 4410.0 at the close. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) added 6.94% or 196.0 points to end at 3020.0 and Nichirei Corp. (T:2871) was up 5.24% or 160.0 points to 3215.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co., Ltd. (T:3865), which lost 9.58% or 68.0 points to trade at 642.0 in late trade. Rakuten Inc (T:4755) declined 5.93% or 71.0 points to end at 1127.0 and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) shed 4.30% or 48.0 points to 1067.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2194 to 1104 and 192 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.10% to 19.55.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.32% or 0.18 to $56.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.46% or 0.29 to hit $62.87 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 2.31 to trade at $1276.59 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.10% to 113.73, while EUR/JPY rose 0.32% to 132.99.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 94.31.