Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Construction, Railway & Bus and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Resona Holdings, Inc. (T:8308), which rose 3.99% or 24.5 points to trade at 638.4 at the close. Inpex Corp. (T:1605) added 3.51% or 45.5 points to end at 1342.0 and Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) was up 3.06% or 88.0 points to 2960.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which lost 3.31% or 40.0 points to trade at 1168.0 in late trade. Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) declined 2.62% or 110.0 points to end at 4090.0 and Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (T:2802) shed 2.45% or 53.5 points to 2128.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1664 to 1605 and 241 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.61% to 15.29 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.67% or 0.39 to $58.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.94% or 0.61 to hit $65.30 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 0.90 to trade at $1246.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.11% to 113.44, while EUR/JPY fell 0.01% to 133.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 93.86.