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 3.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (T:2802), which rose 3.77% or 87.5 points to trade at 2410.0 at the close. Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752) added 2.11% or 26.0 points to end at 1258.0 and Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:6302) was up 1.69% or 55.0 points to 3305.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which lost 11.22% or 215.0 points to trade at 1701.0 in late trade. Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (T:6703) declined 10.94% or 131.0 points to end at 1066.0 and Japan Steel Works Ltd (T:5631) shed 7.57% or 211.0 points to 2576.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3085 to 516 and 134 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.20.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.85% or 0.55 to $64.37 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.81% or 0.55 to hit $67.77 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.70 to trade at $1835.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.08% to 108.86, while EUR/JPY rose 0.16% to 132.15.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 90.257.