Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, Transportation Equipment and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Taisei Corp. (T:1801), which rose 2.31% or 25.0 points to trade at 1105.5 at the close. Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406) added 2.00% or 25.0 points to end at 1275.5 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) was up 1.70% or 55.0 points to 3290.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Familymart Ltd (T:8028), which lost 3.70% or 220.0 points to trade at 5730.0 in late trade. SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. (T:9412) declined 3.69% or 19.0 points to end at 496.0 and Aeon Co., Ltd. (T:8267) shed 2.50% or 41.5 points to 1621.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1668 to 1469 and 307 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.47% to 14.52.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.73% or 0.34 to $46.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.25% or 0.13 to hit $51.55 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.15% or 15.13 to trade at $1330.43 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.69% to 108.50, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 130.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 91.67.