Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Construction and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 2.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which rose 4.13% or 150.0 points to trade at 3785.0 at the close. Softbank Corp. (T:9984) added 1.87% or 164.0 points to end at 8941.0 and Toyobo Co., Ltd. (T:3101) was up 1.24% or 20.0 points to 1631.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976), which lost 7.27% or 169.0 points to trade at 2156.0 in late trade. Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706) declined 6.61% or 171.0 points to end at 2416.0 and JGC Corp. (T:1963) shed 6.32% or 119.0 points to 1765.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2949 to 606 and 135 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.22% to 19.60 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.22% or 0.73 to $59.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.93% or 0.65 to hit $69.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 0.90 to trade at $1202.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.22% to 114.09, while EUR/JPY rose 0.47% to 128.30.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 97.35.