Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Marine Transport, Machinery and Warehousing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801), which rose 9.08% or 363.00 points to trade at 4,360.00 at the close. Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (TYO:5802) added 5.89% or 145.50 points to end at 2,615.00 and Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (TYO:9503) was up 5.50% or 150.00 points to 2,877.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lasertec Corp (TYO:6920), which lost 3.19% or 1,390.00 points to trade at 42,220.00 in late trade. Sharp Corp (TYO:6753) declined 2.86% or 27.20 points to end at 924.70 and Bandai Namco Holdings Inc (TYO:7832) shed 2.82% or 84.50 points to 2,915.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1917 to 1656 and 296 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.06% to 16.78.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.25% or 0.20 to $78.75 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $82.91 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.40% or 9.30 to trade at $2,343.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was unchanged 0.00% to 156.86, while EUR/JPY rose 0.13% to 170.63.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 104.38.