Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Warehousing, Trading and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7011), which rose 6.43% or 650.00 points to trade at 10,755.00 at the close. Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:5214) added 5.88% or 200.00 points to end at 3,604.00 and Nissui Corp (TYO:1332) was up 5.57% or 45.70 points to 865.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Omron Cor (TYO:6645), which lost 15.27% or 1,000.00 points to trade at 5,547.00 in late trade. Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (TYO:5541) declined 10.07% or 153.00 points to end at 1,367.00 and Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:9064) shed 7.28% or 191.50 points to 2,440.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2416 to 1224 and 236 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.99% to 19.97.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.04% or 0.03 to $72.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $78.03 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.30 to trade at $2,043.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.19% to 148.38, while EUR/JPY fell 0.13% to 159.51.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 104.21.