Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568), which rose 10.28% or 891.0 points to trade at 9557.0 at the close. CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) added 4.34% or 250.0 points to end at 6010.0 and Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (T:4901) was up 3.10% or 148.0 points to 4925.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211), which lost 12.64% or 34.0 points to trade at 235.0 in late trade. Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (T:6305) declined 6.23% or 205.0 points to end at 3085.0 and Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:3382) shed 4.82% or 167.0 points to 3296.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2428 to 1040 and 205 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.70.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.10% or 0.04 to $41.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.30% or 0.13 to hit $44.03 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.62% or 11.95 to trade at $1919.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.16% to 105.54, while EUR/JPY fell 0.12% to 123.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 93.850.