Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Mining and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Soda Co., Ltd. (T:4041), which rose 6.37% or 29.0 points to trade at 484.0 at the close. Nichirei Corp. (T:2871) added 5.30% or 52.0 points to end at 1033.0 and Asahi Kasei Corp. (T:3407) was up 4.70% or 36.1 points to 805.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Teijin Ltd. (T:3401), which lost 7.79% or 30.0 points to trade at 355.0 in late trade. Aozora Bank, Ltd. (T:8304) declined 6.79% or 26.0 points to end at 357.0 and Sojitz Corp. (T:2768) shed 6.37% or 15.5 points to 228.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1513 to 438 and 106 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.29% to 23.82 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.40% or 0.16 to $40.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.47% or 0.20 to hit $42.34 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.03% or 0.45 to trade at $1359.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.13% to 102.29, while EUR/JPY rose 0.05% to 114.39.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.18% at 95.58.