Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Electrical/Machinery and Communication sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kubota Corp. (T:6326), which rose 3.38% or 62.5 points to trade at 1913.0 at the close. Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. (T:1925) added 3.27% or 118.0 points to end at 3723.0 and Shimizu Corp. (T:1803) was up 2.97% or 33.0 points to 1143.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included IHI Corp. (T:7013), which lost 2.94% or 12.0 points to trade at 395.5 in late trade. Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043) declined 2.30% or 12.0 points to end at 510.0 and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801) shed 2.28% or 120.0 points to 5150.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1800 to 1321 and 343 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.67% to 13.90.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.65% or 0.30 to $46.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.75% or 0.36 to hit $48.65 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 4.92 to trade at $1263.98 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.21% to 110.18, while EUR/JPY rose 0.32% to 123.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 97.01.