Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Insurance, Banking and Paper & Pulp sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 2.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were East Japan Railway Co. (TYO:9020), which rose 2.24% or 164.00 points to trade at 7,479.00 at the close. Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:4523) added 2.13% or 155.00 points to end at 7,447.00 and Central Japan Railway Co. (TYO:9022) was up 0.99% or 155.00 points to 15,790.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8308), which lost 9.19% or 64.40 points to trade at 636.00 in late trade. T&D Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8795) declined 8.99% or 165.00 points to end at 1,670.00 and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (TYO:8306) shed 8.59% or 77.30 points to 823.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3425 to 315 and 98 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.02% to 18.61 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.04% or 0.78 to $74.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.93% or 0.75 to hit $80.02 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.50 to trade at $1,916.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.28% to 133.55, while EUR/JPY fell 0.14% to 142.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 103.52.