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 1.11% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dentsu Inc. (T:4324), which rose 3.50% or 125.0 points to trade at 3700.0 at the close. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) added 3.10% or 215.0 points to end at 7145.0 and Marui Group Co., Ltd. (T:8252) was up 2.76% or 54.0 points to 2008.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707), which lost 17.90% or 376.0 points to trade at 1724.0 in late trade. Ebara Corp. (T:6361) declined 7.83% or 204.0 points to end at 2402.0 and T&D Holdings, Inc. (T:8795) shed 6.83% or 72.5 points to 988.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2645 to 913 and 165 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 19.71.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.38% or 0.21 to $54.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.44% or 0.26 to hit $58.31 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.15% or 17.45 to trade at $1534.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.02% to 105.31, while EUR/JPY fell 0.15% to 117.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 97.395.