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 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506), which rose 7.35% or 137.0 points to trade at 2001.0 at the close. Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (T:4151) added 4.69% or 100.0 points to end at 2231.0 and Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523) was up 3.31% or 246.0 points to 7686.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689), which lost 8.18% or 34.5 points to trade at 387.5 in late trade. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) declined 4.94% or 148.0 points to end at 2845.0 and CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) shed 4.35% or 155.0 points to 3405.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1840 to 1669 and 245 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.37.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.46% or 0.26 to $56.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.27% or 0.17 to hit $62.27 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.25 to trade at $1470.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.02% to 108.64, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 120.34.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.00% at 97.665.