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 declined 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nitto Denko Co (T:6988), which rose 4.55% or 230.0 points to trade at 5290.0 at the close. Nippon Meat Packers, Inc. (T:2282) added 3.81% or 140.0 points to end at 3815.0 and Sony Financial Holdings Inc. (T:8729) was up 3.70% or 73.0 points to 2048.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp (T:4188), which lost 5.60% or 36.4 points to trade at 614.1 in late trade. Kyocera Corp. (T:6971) declined 4.84% or 288.0 points to end at 5665.0 and Kao Corp. (T:4452) shed 3.32% or 291.0 points to 8473.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2254 to 1318 and 187 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 34.86 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 19.64% or 2.51 to $10.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 4.94% or 1.14 to hit $21.93 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.63% or 10.90 to trade at $1712.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 107.11, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 115.99.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 100.123.