Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Fishery, Banking and Marine Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Asahi Kasei Corp. (TYO:3407), which rose 4.29% or 40.90 points to trade at 994.60 at the close. Hitachi Zosen Corp. (TYO:7004) added 4.25% or 35.00 points to end at 858.00 and Maruha Nichiro Corp (TYO:1333) was up 4.03% or 104.50 points to 2,700.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (TYO:2802), which lost 10.21% or 611.00 points to trade at 5,371.00 in late trade. Shimizu Corp. (TYO:1803) declined 8.49% or 92.50 points to end at 997.50 and NTT Data Corp. (TYO:9613) shed 6.58% or 125.50 points to 1,783.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2351 to 1250 and 251 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.75% to 20.16.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.64% or 0.52 to $80.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.72% or 0.61 to hit $84.57 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.53% or 10.55 to trade at $1,978.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.20% to 150.38, while EUR/JPY rose 0.10% to 161.00.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 105.27.