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 lost 1.97%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which rose 2.19% or 59.0 points to trade at 2747.0 at the close. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) added 1.66% or 65.0 points to end at 3970.0 and Oji Holdings Corp. (T:3861) was up 1.40% or 10.0 points to 726.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Marui Group Co., Ltd. (T:8252), which lost 5.82% or 125.0 points to trade at 2024.0 in late trade. Dentsu Inc. (T:4324) declined 4.46% or 155.0 points to end at 3320.0 and Daikin Industries, Ltd. (T:6367) shed 4.28% or 985.0 points to 22010.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2875 to 704 and 156 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.30.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.99% or 0.63 to $64.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.04% or 0.70 to hit $67.75 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.45 to trade at $1770.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.24% to 108.42, while EUR/JPY rose 0.56% to 130.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 90.895.