Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Fishery and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (T:5101), which rose 3.38% or 89.0 points to trade at 2726.0 at the close. Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co., Ltd. (T:3865) added 3.01% or 19.0 points to end at 650.0 and Hitachi Ltd (T:6501) was up 2.81% or 23.9 points to 873.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Taisei Corp. (T:1801), which lost 6.31% or 380.0 points to trade at 5645.0 in late trade. Kajima Corp. (T:1812) declined 5.24% or 59.0 points to end at 1066.0 and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) shed 3.87% or 52.0 points to 1290.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2044 to 1310 and 215 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.41% to 14.61.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.33% or 0.19 to $57.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $63.45 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 1.40 to trade at $1266.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was unchanged 0.00% to 112.55, while EUR/JPY rose 0.15% to 132.80.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 93.18.