Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Electrical/Machinery and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd (TYO:5101), which rose 5.41% or 132.00 points to trade at 2,573.00 at the close. Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (TYO:3863) added 4.97% or 50.00 points to end at 1,057.00 and Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:5202) was up 4.74% or 33.00 points to 729.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:3086), which lost 2.88% or 37.00 points to trade at 1,247.00 in late trade. Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (TYO:8233) declined 2.57% or 49.00 points to end at 1,855.00 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (TYO:6506) shed 2.52% or 130.00 points to 5,020.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1966 to 1589 and 271 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.69% to 15.40.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.84% or 0.65 to $76.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.89% or 0.75 to hit $83.32 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 5.85 to trade at $1,844.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.32% to 134.65, while EUR/JPY rose 0.15% to 143.60.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 104.05.