Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.27%

Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp , Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.27%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (T: 6366 ), which rose 2.98% or 11.0 points to trade at 380.0 at the close. Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (T: 7762 ) added 2.41% or 12.0 points to end at 509.0 and West Japan Railway Co. (T: 9021 ) was up 2.39% or 113.0 points to 4832.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T: 5406 ), which lost 6.80% or 42.0 points to trade at 576.0 in late trade. JFE Holdings, Inc. (T: 5411 ) declined 6.78% or 114.0 points to end at 1568.0 and Japan Steel Works Ltd (T: 5631 ) shed 4.82% or 205.0 points to 4045.0.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2414 to 1115 and 252 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.26.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 2.06% or 1.72 to $85.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.68% or 1.45 to hit $87.93 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 2.20 to trade at $1814.30 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.31% to 114.95, while EUR/JPY rose 0.24% to 131.04.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 95.323.