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 fell 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004), which rose 5.43% or 20.0 points to trade at 388.0 at the close. Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681) added 2.51% or 27.0 points to end at 1101.0 and Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303) was up 2.41% or 39.0 points to 1658.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984), which lost 50.59% or 5213.5 points to trade at 5091.5 in late trade. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) declined 3.76% or 225.0 points to end at 5752.0 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) shed 3.31% or 490.0 points to 14320.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1989 to 1477 and 257 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 16.07.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.10% or 0.06 to $57.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.30% or 0.19 to hit $63.99 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.27% or 17.95 to trade at $1436.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.29% to 106.97, while EUR/JPY fell 0.29% to 121.92.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 95.458.