Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Transportation Equipment and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:5714), which rose 4.45% or 170.0 points to trade at 3990.0 at the close. The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503) added 3.24% or 41.5 points to end at 1322.0 and Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502) was up 2.67% or 38.5 points to 1481.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fanuc Corp. (T:6954), which lost 3.28% or 880.0 points to trade at 25920.0 in late trade. Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) declined 2.87% or 183.0 points to end at 6196.0 and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) shed 2.85% or 47.0 points to 1601.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1813 to 1546 and 214 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.55% to 21.91.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.90% or 0.56 to $62.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.71% or 0.47 to hit $66.52 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 2.60 to trade at $1315.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.35% to 106.47, while EUR/JPY rose 0.49% to 131.52.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 89.42.