Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Mining and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:4911), which rose 3.64% or 148.00 points to trade at 4,218.00 at the close. Daikin Industries, Ltd. (TYO:6367) added 3.30% or 665.00 points to end at 20,845.00 and Toho Co., Ltd. (TYO:9602) was up 2.98% or 146.00 points to 5,048.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Renesas Electronics Corp (TYO:6723), which lost 4.03% or 102.00 points to trade at 2,428.00 in late trade. Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (TYO:8031) declined 3.45% or 225.00 points to end at 6,297.00 and MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings (TYO:8725) shed 3.45% or 271.00 points to 7,579.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2537 to 1123 and 210 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.05% to 21.96 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.33% or 0.26 to $78.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.38% or 0.31 to hit $82.52 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 6.65 to trade at $2,181.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.34% to 147.43, while EUR/JPY rose 0.44% to 161.25.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 102.43.