Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Mining and Paper & Pulp sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.75% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:7762), which rose 6.62% or 50.0 points to trade at 805.0 at the close. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) added 5.83% or 58.0 points to end at 1053.0 and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) was up 4.45% or 64.0 points to 1502.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pioneer Corp. (T:6773), which lost 10.00% or 22.0 points to trade at 198.0 in late trade. DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:5714) declined 5.84% or 240.0 points to end at 3870.0 and Amada Co., Ltd. (T:6113) shed 4.86% or 71.0 points to 1389.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2122 to 1298 and 157 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 28.43% to 36.05 a new 52-week high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.62% or 0.37 to $59.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.75% or 0.47 to hit $63.06 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 3.90 to trade at $1330.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.84% to 107.75, while EUR/JPY fell 0.58% to 132.79.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 89.74.