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 1.22% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Teijin Ltd. (T:3401), which rose 4.68% or 83.0 points to trade at 1856.0 at the close. Asahi Kasei Corp. (T:3407) added 1.09% or 9.6 points to end at 889.4 and Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) was up 1.02% or 44.0 points to 4374.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:5714), which lost 4.71% or 165.0 points to trade at 3340.0 in late trade. SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. (T:9412) declined 4.43% or 21.0 points to end at 453.0 and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201) shed 3.78% or 17.4 points to 443.1.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2932 to 742 and 113 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 39.30.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.41% or 0.66 to $47.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.00% or 0.52 to hit $52.42 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 2.45 to trade at $1597.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.37% to 107.89, while EUR/JPY fell 0.43% to 120.04.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 97.507.