Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, Steel and Electrical/Machinery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were JGC Corp. (TYO:1963), which rose 4.69% or 76.00 points to trade at 1,698.00 at the close. Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803) added 3.43% or 27.00 points to end at 814.00 and Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (TYO:6305) was up 3.40% or 99.00 points to 3,015.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107), which lost 3.25% or 320.00 points to trade at 9,520.00 in late trade. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4519) declined 3.00% or 111.00 points to end at 3,595.00 and Terumo Corp. (TYO:4543) shed 2.40% or 108.00 points to 4,392.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2077 to 1399 and 310 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.69% to 20.82.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.94% or 1.88 to $98.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.94% or 1.94 to hit $102.13 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 5.50 to trade at $1,724.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.00% to 136.65, while EUR/JPY rose 0.09% to 139.80.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 106.27.