Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Power, Manufacturing and Electrical/Machinery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:3086), which rose 4.56% or 49.00 points to trade at 1,123.00 at the close. Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:3099) added 4.47% or 46.00 points to end at 1,076.00 and Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (TYO:8233) was up 3.35% or 49.00 points to 1,511.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hino Motors, Ltd. (TYO:7205), which lost 6.36% or 40.00 points to trade at 589.00 in late trade. Sony Corp (TYO:6758) declined 3.31% or 395.00 points to end at 11,535.00 and Denso Corp. (TYO:6902) shed 2.99% or 237.00 points to 7,698.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2404 to 1095 and 275 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 6.07% to 19.21.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.35% or 1.22 to $91.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.04% or 1.00 to hit $97.48 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.40 to trade at $1,748.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.14% to 137.27, while EUR/JPY fell 0.34% to 136.19.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 109.01.