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 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (T:3863), which rose 6.33% or 80.0 points to trade at 1343.0 at the close. IHI Corp. (T:7013) added 5.84% or 124.0 points to end at 2246.0 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) was up 4.43% or 127.0 points to 2996.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nitto Denko Co (T:6988), which lost 3.72% or 350.0 points to trade at 9060.0 in late trade. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) declined 3.46% or 104.0 points to end at 2905.0 and Matsui Securities Co., Ltd. (T:8628) shed 3.23% or 29.0 points to 868.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2075 to 1394 and 255 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 19.89.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.73% or 0.45 to $62.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.68% or 0.44 to hit $65.47 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.25 to trade at $1779.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.23% to 108.33, while EUR/JPY rose 0.15% to 130.74.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 90.955.