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 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were IHI Corp. (T:7013), which rose 5.82% or 155.0 points to trade at 2817.0 at the close. Toray Industries, Inc. (T:3402) added 3.87% or 27.5 points to end at 738.1 and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) was up 3.85% or 19.0 points to 513.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411), which lost 4.32% or 63.0 points to trade at 1395.0 in late trade. Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:2503) declined 2.58% or 57.0 points to end at 2154.5 and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) shed 2.57% or 65.0 points to 2465.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2013 to 1444 and 270 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.00.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 2.32% or 1.54 to $67.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.57% or 1.09 to hit $70.41 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.56% or 10.65 to trade at $1915.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.09% to 109.44, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 133.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 89.715.