Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Insurance, Fishery and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which rose 3.98% or 155.0 points to trade at 4045.0 at the close. Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) added 3.31% or 10.0 points to end at 312.5 and Nitto Denko Co (T:6988) was up 2.01% or 174.0 points to 8833.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Familymart Ltd (T:8028), which lost 7.38% or 890.0 points to trade at 11170.0 in late trade. Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801) declined 3.60% or 180.0 points to end at 4820.0 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) shed 3.46% or 20.0 points to 557.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1882 to 1482 and 207 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.41% to 14.54.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.44% or 0.32 to $72.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.67% or 0.53 to hit $79.75 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.30 to trade at $1293.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.08% to 110.97, while EUR/JPY rose 0.10% to 131.07.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 93.28.