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 0.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004), which rose 4.85% or 33.0 points to trade at 713.0 at the close. Haseko Corp (T:1808) added 3.58% or 50.0 points to end at 1446.0 and Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) was up 3.52% or 16.0 points to 470.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Z Holdings Corp (T:4689), which lost 4.82% or 32.2 points to trade at 636.3 in late trade. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) declined 4.09% or 19.0 points to end at 445.0 and NTT Data Corp. (T:9613) shed 3.87% or 68.0 points to 1689.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2219 to 1295 and 238 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 26.24.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.84% or 0.51 to $60.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.93% or 0.59 to hit $63.10 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 5.85 to trade at $1717.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.11% to 106.86, while EUR/JPY fell 0.20% to 128.34.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 91.285.