Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.83% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were LY Corp (TYO:4689), which rose 1.31% or 5.30 points to trade at 408.90 at the close. Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO:9531) added 1.21% or 41.00 points to end at 3,416.00 and Aeon Co., Ltd. (TYO:8267) was up 0.65% or 19.00 points to 2,938.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:5202), which lost 6.65% or 54.00 points to trade at 758.00 in late trade. Inpex Corp. (TYO:1605) declined 6.49% or 144.50 points to end at 2,080.50 and Chiyoda Corp. (TYO:6366) shed 6.15% or 23.00 points to 351.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3429 to 352 and 86 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.61% to 18.88 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.62% or 0.55 to $88.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.76% or 0.69 to hit $90.02 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.53% or 9.85 to trade at $1,837.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 149.70, while EUR/JPY fell 0.14% to 156.79.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 106.80.