Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Electrical/Machinery, Chemical and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Familymart Ltd (T:8028), which rose 4.07% or 520.0 points to trade at 13290.0 at the close. IHI Corp. (T:7013) added 2.26% or 97.5 points to end at 4412.5 and Takara Holdings Inc. (T:2531) was up 1.50% or 26.0 points to 1763.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SUMCO Corp. (T:3436), which lost 8.97% or 146.0 points to trade at 1481.0 in late trade. Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706) declined 5.98% or 200.0 points to end at 3145.0 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) shed 5.54% or 355.0 points to 6050.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2871 to 658 and 137 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.38% to 18.05.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.55% or 0.41 to $74.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.77% or 0.65 to hit $84.56 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 4.30 to trade at $1192.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 113.17, while EUR/JPY fell 0.22% to 129.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 95.59.