Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Glass sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 2.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Konica Minolta, Inc. (T:4902), which rose 0.77% or 8.0 points to trade at 1049.0 at the close. Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:5901) added 0.76% or 20.0 points to end at 2656.0 and Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) was up 0.31% or 1.0 points to 319.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which lost 10.04% or 169.0 points to trade at 1515.0 in late trade. Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) declined 8.82% or 415.0 points to end at 4290.0 and TOTO Ltd. (T:5332) shed 6.51% or 285.0 points to 4090.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3037 to 531 and 146 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 12.34% to 17.62 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.13% or 0.60 to $53.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.01% or 0.62 to hit $62.31 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 4.50 to trade at $1244.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.57% to 113.02, while EUR/JPY fell 0.31% to 128.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 96.600.