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 fell 0.87%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707), which rose 4.47% or 69.0 points to trade at 1612.0 at the close. Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. (T:8801) added 3.82% or 68.5 points to end at 1859.5 and Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) was up 2.99% or 47.0 points to 1617.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506), which lost 4.03% or 165.0 points to trade at 3930.0 in late trade. Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (T:9009) declined 3.32% or 105.0 points to end at 3060.0 and Toho Co., Ltd. (T:9602) shed 3.31% or 120.0 points to 3510.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2139 to 1313 and 208 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 23.43.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 2.00% or 0.80 to $39.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.76% or 0.75 to hit $41.97 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.68% or 12.35 to trade at $1801.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.02% to 107.28, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 121.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 96.632.