Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.37%

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 lost 0.37%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T: 5707 ), which rose 5.33% or 123.0 points to trade at 2430.0 at the close. Advantest Corp. (T: 6857 ) added 4.79% or 370.0 points to end at 8100.0 and Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T: 6841 ) was up 4.61% or 92.0 points to 2089.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (T: 5901 ), which lost 3.58% or 39.0 points to trade at 1051.0 in late trade. Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T: 4911 ) declined 2.90% or 207.0 points to end at 6938.0 and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T: 4568 ) shed 2.90% or 105.0 points to 3510.0.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1934 to 1564 and 244 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.23.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.02% or 0.01 to $47.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.20% or 0.10 to hit $50.99 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.15 to trade at $1946.75 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.20% to 102.89, while EUR/JPY fell 0.06% to 126.20.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 89.692.