Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Steel and Machinery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TOKYO:9501), which rose 4.24% or 28.0 points to trade at 688.0 at the close. Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (TOKYO:4183) added 4.21% or 18.0 points to end at 446.0 and Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:5214) was up 3.02% or 19.0 points to 649.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings (TOKYO:8309), which lost 4.07% or 22.5 points to trade at 530.7 in late trade. Yokogawa Electric Corp. (TOKYO:6841) declined 3.39% or 52.0 points to end at 1480.0 and The Shizuoka Bank, Ltd. (TOKYO:8355) shed 3.37% or 45.0 points to 1291.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1393 to 488 and 2 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.88% to 18.29.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.82% or 0.49 to $60.49 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.33% or 0.21 to hit $64.16 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1186.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.15% to 123.59, while EUR/JPY rose 0.37% to 139.74.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 94.99.