Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Machinery and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Teijin Ltd. (T:3401), which rose 5.43% or 19.0 points to trade at 369.0 at the close. NEC Corp. (T:6701) added 3.64% or 9.0 points to end at 256.0 and Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043) was up 3.45% or 10.0 points to 300.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770), which lost 4.56% or 88.0 points to trade at 1840.0 in late trade. Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983) declined 4.21% or 1165.0 points to end at 26540.0 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) shed 4.05% or 19.0 points to 450.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1155 to 743 and 144 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.82% to 27.72.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.55% or 0.76 to $48.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.96% or 0.48 to hit $49.62 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.57% or 7.65 to trade at $1346.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.64% to 101.92, while EUR/JPY fell 0.78% to 113.52.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 95.67.