Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Mining and Automobiles & Parts sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.34% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Familymart Ltd (T:8028), which rose 4.71% or 780.0 points to trade at 17350.0 at the close. Softbank Corp. (T:9984) added 2.45% or 211.0 points to end at 8827.0 and Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064) was up 2.37% or 70.0 points to 3018.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. (T:5002), which lost 7.39% or 122.0 points to trade at 1528.0 in late trade. JX Holdings, Inc. (T:5020) declined 6.66% or 43.0 points to end at 602.7 and Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) shed 5.16% or 180.0 points to 3305.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2938 to 620 and 166 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 12.20% to 23.92 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.10% or 0.05 to $50.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.15% or 0.09 to hit $59.88 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 4.10 to trade at $1253.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.25% to 113.06, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 128.71.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 96.940.