Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Steel, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9502), which rose 8.62% or 111.00 points to trade at 1,398.00 at the close. Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO:9531) added 7.30% or 185.00 points to end at 2,719.00 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501) was up 3.85% or 18.00 points to 485.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co. (TYO:5703), which lost 6.31% or 100.00 points to trade at 1,484.00 in late trade. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568) declined 4.91% or 210.00 points to end at 4,064.00 and Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8308) shed 3.23% or 24.00 points to 718.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2071 to 1467 and 265 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.18% to 16.97 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.41% or 0.32 to $77.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.30% or 0.25 to hit $84.25 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.43% or 8.20 to trade at $1,914.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.19% to 130.20, while EUR/JPY fell 0.19% to 141.18.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 102.09.