Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Retail, Precision Instruments and Marine Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which rose 18.81% or 43.5 points to trade at 274.8 at the close. Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. (T:5002) added 4.35% or 49.0 points to end at 1175.0 and Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702) was up 3.34% or 28.0 points to 866.2 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NSK Ltd. (T:6471), which lost 3.35% or 51.0 points to trade at 1473.0 in late trade. Amada Co., Ltd. (T:6113) declined 3.11% or 41.0 points to end at 1277.0 and Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) shed 2.43% or 80.0 points to 3215.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1828 to 1340 and 313 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.35% to 12.75 a new 5-year low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.20% or 0.09 to $46.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.21% or 0.10 to hit $48.52 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 1.86 to trade at $1235.56 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.28% to 112.31, while EUR/JPY rose 0.13% to 129.43.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 94.62.