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 lost 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were TDK Corp (T:6762), which rose 8.73% or 360.0 points to trade at 4485.0 at the close. Kyocera Corp. (T:6971) added 5.33% or 362.0 points to end at 7151.0 and Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702) was up 3.98% or 795.0 points to 20750.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004), which lost 6.63% or 60.0 points to trade at 845.0 in late trade. Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (T:4151) declined 6.41% or 245.0 points to end at 3580.0 and Sojitz Corp. (T:2768) shed 6.31% or 121.0 points to 1797.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2266 to 1250 and 200 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.26.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.26% or 0.22 to $84.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.46% or 0.39 to hit $85.10 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.20 to trade at $1796.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.27% to 113.68, while EUR/JPY fell 0.22% to 131.96.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 93.845.