Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Railway & Bus, Electrical/Machinery and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568), which rose 9.55% or 243.5 points to trade at 2793.0 at the close. Trend Micro Inc. (T:4704) added 2.72% or 160.0 points to end at 6050.0 and Inpex Corp. (T:1605) was up 1.69% or 19.0 points to 1146.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which lost 6.96% or 530.0 points to trade at 7090.0 in late trade. Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201) declined 6.02% or 36.0 points to end at 562.1 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) shed 5.85% or 19.0 points to 306.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2942 to 648 and 188 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.64% to 26.02.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 3.68% or 3.32 to $93.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.10% or 1.95 to hit $94.94 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.63% or 12.05 to trade at $1911.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was unchanged 0.00% to 114.74, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 129.79.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 96.112.