Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Transportation Equipment, Transport and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211), which rose 5.83% or 36.50 points to trade at 662.60 at the close. Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:9101) added 5.34% or 222.00 points to end at 4,382.00 and Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:7261) was up 5.32% or 93.50 points to 1,852.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035), which lost 5.23% or 1,145.00 points to trade at 20,750.00 in late trade. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735) declined 4.42% or 645.00 points to end at 13,935.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) shed 4.03% or 670.00 points to 15,955.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2122 to 1536 and 217 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.50% to 15.99 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.57% or 0.52 to $91.10 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.34% or 0.32 to hit $94.75 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.65 to trade at $1,954.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.12% to 147.77, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 157.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 104.83.