Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Banking and Paper & Pulp sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.91% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519), which rose 2.34% or 90.0 points to trade at 3940.0 at the close. Central Japan Railway Co. (T:9022) added 1.82% or 330.0 points to end at 18450.0 and Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (T:4507) was up 1.38% or 80.0 points to 5891.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which lost 9.83% or 22.5 points to trade at 206.4 in late trade. Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103) declined 4.26% or 4.0 points to end at 90.0 and Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043) shed 4.14% or 22.0 points to 509.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2739 to 458 and 180 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 7.28% to 17.20.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.36% or 0.18 to $50.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.36% or 0.19 to hit $52.93 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.55% or 6.95 to trade at $1260.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.38% to 110.48, while EUR/JPY fell 0.50% to 117.74.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 100.48.