Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Power, Precision Instruments and Railway & Bus sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107), which rose 11.49% or 386.00 points to trade at 3,744.00 at the close. Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:9101) added 3.70% or 115.00 points to end at 3,223.00 and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (TYO:9104) was up 3.08% or 105.00 points to 3,510.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CyberAgent Inc (TYO:4751), which lost 4.08% or 45.50 points to trade at 1,069.00 in late trade. Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506) declined 3.44% or 22.60 points to end at 634.00 and Z Holdings Corp (TYO:4689) shed 2.67% or 9.40 points to 343.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2101 to 1462 and 275 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.62% to 20.98.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.46% or 0.32 to $69.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.40% or 0.30 to hit $74.65 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 3.35 to trade at $1,937.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.01% to 143.51, while EUR/JPY rose 0.23% to 156.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 102.21.