Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, Automobiles & Parts and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were CyberAgent Inc (TYO:4751), which rose 2.70% or 22.60 points to trade at 858.70 at the close. Subaru Corp (TYO:7270) added 2.41% or 62.50 points to end at 2,659.50 and Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (TYO:7911) was up 2.22% or 79.00 points to 3,636.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857), which lost 6.21% or 285.00 points to trade at 4,303.00 in late trade. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735) declined 5.32% or 590.00 points to end at 10,495.00 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035) shed 3.96% or 940.00 points to 22,770.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2863 to 800 and 209 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.79% to 17.06.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.04% or 0.03 to $73.07 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $78.01 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.46% or 9.30 to trade at $2,051.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.24% to 146.84, while EUR/JPY fell 0.24% to 159.13.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 103.57.