Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Insurance and Fishery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211), which rose 7.23% or 39.40 points to trade at 584.20 at the close. Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (TYO:7201) added 6.60% or 41.20 points to end at 665.00 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (TYO:6506) was up 3.52% or 216.00 points to 6,355.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp (TYO:9432), which lost 2.63% or 4.40 points to trade at 163.00 in late trade. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4519) declined 1.89% or 77.00 points to end at 3,992.00 and Toho Co., Ltd. (TYO:9602) shed 1.88% or 105.00 points to 5,488.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1970 to 1595 and 298 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.25% to 19.86.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.27% or 0.21 to $78.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.22% or 0.18 to hit $82.66 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 5.75 to trade at $1,956.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.08% to 141.55, while EUR/JPY fell 0.19% to 156.26.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 101.26.