Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Gas & Water and Non-Metal Minerals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 2.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Shizuoka Financial Group Inc (TYO:5831), which rose 4.51% or 39.00 points to trade at 904.00 at the close. Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (TYO:8233) added 3.33% or 58.00 points to end at 1,800.00 and Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO:9531) was up 3.18% or 79.00 points to 2,567.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (TYO:6305), which lost 6.41% or 180.00 points to trade at 2,630.00 in late trade. Nikon Corp. (TYO:7731) declined 6.27% or 88.00 points to end at 1,316.00 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (TYO:6506) shed 6.04% or 265.00 points to 4,120.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2824 to 747 and 200 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.97% to 23.33.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.45% or 1.32 to $89.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.35% or 1.30 to hit $94.89 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 3.60 to trade at $1,671.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 145.62, while EUR/JPY rose 0.11% to 141.51.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 113.05.