Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Non-Metal Minerals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 4.76% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333), which rose 3.83% or 120.0 points to trade at 3255.0 at the close. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) added 1.34% or 11.0 points to end at 830.5 and Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) was down 0.05% or 3.0 points to 6088.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5214), which lost 12.49% or 530.0 points to trade at 3715.0 in late trade. Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (T:4507) declined 9.35% or 571.0 points to end at 5534.0 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) shed 7.72% or 420.0 points to 5020.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3519 to 68 and 9 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 16.79% to 20.45 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.80% or 0.51 to $63.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.78% or 0.53 to hit $67.09 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.64% or 8.60 to trade at $1345.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 109.05, while EUR/JPY rose 0.14% to 135.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 89.43.