Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Rubber, Real Estate and Retail sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (TYO:3863), which rose 4.11% or 53.00 points to trade at 1,344.00 at the close. Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755) added 3.99% or 22.40 points to end at 584.40 and CyberAgent Inc (TYO:4751) was up 3.32% or 27.20 points to 846.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included GS Yuasa Corp. (TYO:6674), which lost 10.82% or 269.50 points to trade at 2,220.50 in late trade. Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:7261) declined 4.50% or 75.50 points to end at 1,602.50 and Itochu Corp. (TYO:8001) shed 3.66% or 225.00 points to 5,925.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2114 to 1472 and 284 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.51% to 18.28 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.77% or 0.60 to $77.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.77% or 0.63 to hit $81.69 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.64% or 12.70 to trade at $1,993.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.41% to 147.76, while EUR/JPY fell 0.29% to 161.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 103.21.