Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Construction, Shipbuilding and Textile sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (T:6305), which rose 7.02% or 315.0 points to trade at 4800.0 at the close. Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co. (T:5703) added 3.16% or 10.0 points to end at 326.0 and Kao Corp. (T:4452) was up 1.80% or 136.0 points to 7708.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (T:4063), which lost 4.74% or 620.0 points to trade at 12470.0 in late trade. Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803) declined 3.93% or 44.0 points to end at 1077.0 and Obayashi Corp. (T:1802) shed 3.40% or 47.0 points to 1336.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2877 to 573 and 134 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.78% to 16.53.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.98% or 0.64 to $64.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.65% or 0.45 to hit $68.75 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.48% or 6.50 to trade at $1333.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.21% to 108.72, while EUR/JPY fell 0.36% to 134.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 89.31.