Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Electrical/Machinery and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Familymart Ltd (T:8028), which rose 3.32% or 420.0 points to trade at 13070.0 at the close. Marui Group Co., Ltd. (T:8252) added 2.70% or 59.0 points to end at 2248.0 and Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:3382) was up 2.23% or 105.0 points to 4804.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which lost 5.85% or 21.0 points to trade at 338.0 in late trade. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) declined 4.29% or 150.0 points to end at 3350.0 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) shed 3.42% or 56.0 points to 1581.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2340 to 1141 and 207 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.91% to 20.59 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.74% or 0.40 to $53.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.92% or 0.58 to hit $62.16 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.05 to trade at $1283.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.23% to 109.41, while EUR/JPY fell 0.28% to 124.27.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 96.067.