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 fell 1.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were CyberAgent Inc (T:4751), which rose 2.96% or 125.0 points to trade at 4345.0 at the close. Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (T:4507) added 2.09% or 133.0 points to end at 6504.0 and Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333) was up 1.28% or 33.0 points to 2604.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Advantest Corp. (T:6857), which lost 5.75% or 330.0 points to trade at 5410.0 in late trade. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) declined 5.66% or 200.0 points to end at 3335.0 and Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103) shed 5.61% or 21.0 points to 353.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3077 to 587 and 128 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.96.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.99% or 0.52 to $51.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.37% or 0.79 to hit $56.88 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 4.35 to trade at $1590.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.14% to 109.72, while EUR/JPY fell 0.13% to 118.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 99.058.