Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (T:4151), which rose 2.42% or 55.0 points to trade at 2331.0 at the close. Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) added 2.31% or 158.0 points to end at 7002.0 and Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333) was up 2.21% or 75.0 points to 3465.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801), which lost 3.68% or 210.0 points to trade at 5500.0 in late trade. Okuma Corp. (T:6103) declined 3.24% or 200.0 points to end at 5980.0 and Meidensha Corp. (T:6508) shed 2.94% or 12.0 points to 396.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2101 to 1275 and 175 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.20% to 22.82.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.70% or 0.44 to $63.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.78% or 0.53 to hit $68.17 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.37% or 5.00 to trade at $1341.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.22% to 106.12, while EUR/JPY rose 0.42% to 130.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 89.55.