Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Transportation Equipment, Retail and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. (T:5002), which rose 7.04% or 74.0 points to trade at 1125.0 at the close. JX Holdings, Inc. (T:5020) added 2.56% or 12.7 points to end at 508.8 and Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (T:7270) was up 2.52% or 97.0 points to 3946.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which lost 5.33% or 34.0 points to trade at 604.0 in late trade. Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) declined 3.03% or 121.0 points to end at 3870.0 and Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) shed 2.89% or 78.0 points to 2619.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2269 to 958 and 256 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.08% to 14.95.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.40% or 0.19 to $46.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.42% or 0.21 to hit $49.47 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.58% or 7.09 to trade at $1226.29 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.15% to 113.21, while EUR/JPY fell 0.24% to 128.53.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 96.00.