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 1.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406), which rose 3.43% or 25.0 points to trade at 753.0 at the close. Toho Co., Ltd. (T:9602) added 2.56% or 115.0 points to end at 4600.0 and Ebara Corp. (T:6361) was up 2.47% or 120.0 points to 4970.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269), which lost 5.32% or 268.0 points to trade at 4773.0 in late trade. Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004) declined 3.80% or 33.0 points to end at 835.0 and Denki Kagaku Kogyo K.K. (T:4061) shed 3.66% or 165.0 points to 4340.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2905 to 702 and 138 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.86 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.31% or 0.77 to $59.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.16% or 0.72 to hit $62.87 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.75 to trade at $1731.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.18% to 110.36, while EUR/JPY rose 0.17% to 130.34.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 92.677.