Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Transportation Equipment, Banking and Steel sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (TYO:3863), which rose 15.00% or 166.00 points to trade at 1,273.00 at the close. Trend Micro Inc. (TYO:4704) added 2.94% or 190.00 points to end at 6,650.00 and Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:5631) was up 2.91% or 80.00 points to 2,830.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toyota Motor Corp (TYO:7203), which lost 4.77% or 93.00 points to trade at 1,857.00 in late trade. J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:3086) declined 3.25% or 48.00 points to end at 1,427.00 and Kobe Steel, Ltd. (TYO:5406) shed 2.82% or 31.00 points to 1,070.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2734 to 887 and 227 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.43% to 18.98.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.11% or 0.08 to $71.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.11% or 0.08 to hit $75.91 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.84% or 16.55 to trade at $1,960.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.19% to 138.34, while EUR/JPY fell 0.29% to 149.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 103.19.