Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Transportation Equipment and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702), which rose 2.90% or 13.0 points to trade at 461.7 at the close. DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:5714) added 2.27% or 14.0 points to end at 631.0 and Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:7762) was up 2.16% or 11.0 points to 521.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. (T:8830), which lost 5.04% or 147.0 points to trade at 2769.5 in late trade. Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (T:2501) declined 4.73% or 125.0 points to end at 2520.0 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) shed 4.56% or 44.0 points to 921.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1729 to 243 and 85 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.24% to 20.89.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.70% or 0.32 to $45.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.74% or 0.36 to hit $47.99 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.53% or 7.15 to trade at $1354.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 1.04% to 100.20, while EUR/JPY fell 0.52% to 112.66.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.54% at 95.06.