Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Gas & Water, Marine Transport and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Minebea Mitsumi Inc (T:6479), which rose 16.67% or 202.0 points to trade at 1414.0 at the close. Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706) added 13.09% or 43.0 points to end at 371.5 and Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co., Ltd. (T:3865) was up 6.62% or 46.0 points to 741.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nikon Corp. (T:7731), which lost 14.60% or 275.0 points to trade at 1608.0 in late trade. Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) declined 7.87% or 19.6 points to end at 229.6 and Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (T:2501) shed 6.63% or 200.0 points to 2815.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1782 to 1245 and 309 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.10% to 17.77 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.06% or 0.03 to $52.96 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $55.62 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.43% or 5.25 to trade at $1231.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.36% to 113.32, while EUR/JPY fell 0.12% to 120.39.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 100.75.