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 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tosoh Corp. (T:4042), which rose 6.99% or 94.0 points to trade at 1439.0 at the close. Toyobo Co., Ltd. (T:3101) added 5.49% or 76.0 points to end at 1460.0 and Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) was up 4.56% or 11.0 points to 252.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (T:3099), which lost 8.70% or 60.0 points to trade at 630.0 in late trade. The Chiba Bank, Ltd. (T:8331) declined 6.29% or 31.0 points to end at 462.0 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) shed 5.80% or 65.0 points to 1056.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1942 to 1645 and 185 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 28.01 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.36% or 0.57 to $24.71 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.32% or 0.39 to hit $30.02 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.43% or 7.30 to trade at $1705.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.06% to 107.59, while EUR/JPY rose 0.01% to 116.36.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 100.230.