Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Insurance, Services and Precision Instruments sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Trend Micro Inc. (TYO:4704), which rose 13.49% or 1,020.00 points to trade at 8,580.00 at the close. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:7003) added 9.21% or 36.00 points to end at 427.00 and Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (TYO:4021) was up 7.03% or 470.00 points to 7,160.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:5631), which lost 9.17% or 289.00 points to trade at 2,861.00 in late trade. Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035) declined 8.25% or 4,100.00 points to end at 45,600.00 and Softbank Group Corp. (TYO:9984) shed 7.02% or 400.00 points to 5,295.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2177 to 1331 and 264 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 10.02% to 18.31 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.80% or 0.73 to $90.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.70% or 0.68 to hit $95.97 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 3.90 to trade at $1,801.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.03% to 134.96, while EUR/JPY rose 0.11% to 137.79.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 106.18.