Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:5202), which rose 2.87% or 11.00 points to trade at 394.00 at the close. NTN Corp. (TYO:6472) added 2.32% or 6.00 points to end at 265.00 and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:7003) was up 2.29% or 8.00 points to 358.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6098), which lost 6.58% or 324.00 points to trade at 4,600.00 in late trade. Unitika, Ltd. (TYO:3103) declined 4.03% or 10.00 points to end at 238.00 and CyberAgent Inc (TYO:4751) shed 3.97% or 57.00 points to 1,378.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2812 to 744 and 214 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.93% to 23.90.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.94% or 1.04 to $109.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.96% or 1.06 to hit $109.72 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.35% or 6.55 to trade at $1,854.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.32% to 127.46, while EUR/JPY rose 0.01% to 136.71.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 101.84.