Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Insurance, Steel and Glass sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801), which rose 3.86% or 130.0 points to trade at 3495.0 at the close. Panasonic Corp. (T:6752) added 3.01% or 33.2 points to end at 1135.2 and Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co. (T:5703) was up 2.80% or 7.0 points to 257.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983), which lost 2.57% or 1060.0 points to trade at 40200.0 in late trade. TOTO Ltd. (T:5332) declined 2.21% or 100.0 points to end at 4425.0 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7012) shed 2.04% or 7.5 points to 361.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1512 to 1439 and 366 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.04% to 19.93.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.93% or 0.44 to $46.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.04% or 0.51 to hit $48.70 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1191.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.13% to 112.08, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 118.85.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 101.31.