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 declined 0.65% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Subaru Corp (T:7270), which rose 8.09% or 206.5 points to trade at 2760.0 at the close. The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631) added 6.87% or 115.0 points to end at 1788.0 and Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) was up 4.88% or 14.0 points to 301.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333), which lost 7.46% or 225.0 points to trade at 2790.0 in late trade. Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004) declined 6.42% or 24.0 points to end at 350.0 and Kajima Corp. (T:1812) shed 5.10% or 69.0 points to 1285.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2206 to 1320 and 204 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 21.41 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.86% or 0.47 to $55.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.69% or 0.41 to hit $60.22 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 4.85 to trade at $1471.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.58% to 106.56, while EUR/JPY rose 0.62% to 119.41.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 97.328.