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 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which rose 3.05% or 33.0 points to trade at 1114.0 at the close. Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) added 2.37% or 49.0 points to end at 2116.0 and Marui Group Co., Ltd. (T:8252) was up 1.54% or 31.0 points to 2039.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411), which lost 4.90% or 43.0 points to trade at 835.0 in late trade. Hino Motors, Ltd. (T:7205) declined 4.04% or 30.0 points to end at 713.0 and Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681) shed 4.02% or 32.0 points to 764.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1793 to 1669 and 226 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.43 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.43% or 0.16 to $37.10 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.50% or 0.20 to hit $39.41 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.47% or 9.20 to trade at $1972.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.03% to 105.69, while EUR/JPY rose 0.12% to 125.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 92.940.