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 fell 1.63% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nikon Corp. (T:7731), which rose 3.16% or 36.0 points to trade at 1177.0 at the close. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) added 3.04% or 11.0 points to end at 373.0 and Olympus Corp. (T:7733) was up 2.96% or 73.0 points to 2539.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201), which lost 5.16% or 30.6 points to trade at 562.9 in late trade. Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202) declined 4.74% or 25.0 points to end at 502.0 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) shed 4.44% or 17.0 points to 366.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2456 to 1129 and 185 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 27.33 a new 6-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 3.30% or 2.31 to $67.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 3.50% or 2.56 to hit $70.66 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 7.90 to trade at $1793.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.36% to 113.11, while EUR/JPY fell 0.11% to 127.99.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 96.040.