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 declined 1.48% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043), which rose 2.43% or 11.0 points to trade at 464.0 at the close. Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801) added 2.41% or 85.0 points to end at 3610.0 and Toyobo Co., Ltd. (T:3101) was up 2.25% or 4.0 points to 182.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. (T:1925), which lost 3.82% or 123.0 points to trade at 3094.0 in late trade. Rakuten Inc (T:4755) declined 3.70% or 43.5 points to end at 1131.5 and Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332) shed 3.35% or 18.0 points to 520.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2676 to 445 and 210 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.83% to 19.06.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.13% or 0.07 to $52.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.55% or 0.31 to hit $55.55 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 1.20% or 14.30 to trade at $1210.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.72% to 113.38, while EUR/JPY fell 0.26% to 120.75.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.45% at 101.07.