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 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770), which rose 4.09% or 69.0 points to trade at 1755.0 at the close. Mitsubishi Corp. (T:8058) added 3.12% or 78.5 points to end at 2591.0 and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713) was up 2.87% or 93.0 points to 3330.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canon Inc (T:7751), which lost 4.09% or 75.0 points to trade at 1757.0 in late trade. Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202) declined 3.76% or 16.0 points to end at 410.0 and The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631) shed 3.73% or 57.0 points to 1473.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1734 to 1731 and 218 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.99.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.13% or 0.48 to $43.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.13% or 0.51 to hit $45.79 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.85% or 16.75 to trade at $1995.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 105.78, while EUR/JPY rose 0.14% to 126.57.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 91.957.