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 lost 0.91%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which rose 2.34% or 23.0 points to trade at 1006.0 at the close. Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681) added 1.98% or 21.0 points to end at 1082.0 and Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:2269) was up 1.33% or 100.0 points to 7610.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911), which lost 3.87% or 302.0 points to trade at 7500.0 in late trade. Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) declined 3.17% or 135.0 points to end at 4120.0 and Mazda Motor Corp (T:7261) shed 2.95% or 30.0 points to 987.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1847 to 1692 and 261 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 13.48.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.60% or 0.35 to $58.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.89% or 0.58 to hit $64.62 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.45 to trade at $1562.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.16% to 110.00, while EUR/JPY fell 0.14% to 122.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 97.357.