Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.79%

Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Rubber , Electrical/Machinery and Machinery sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.79%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (T: 9147 ), which rose 8.01% or 540.0 points to trade at 7280.0 at the close. Dentsu Inc. (T: 4324 ) added 7.32% or 315.0 points to end at 4620.0 and Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd. (T: 2503 ) was up 4.21% or 80.0 points to 1978.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Kubota Corp. (T: 6326 ), which lost 12.62% or 297.5 points to trade at 2060.5 in late trade. Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (T: 6098 ) declined 12.46% or 718.0 points to end at 5046.0 and MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings (T: 8725 ) shed 5.78% or 241.0 points to 3928.0.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2280 to 1315 and 201 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 21.21% to 26.63.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.94% or 0.90 to $94.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.89% or 0.86 to hit $95.62 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.56% or 10.40 to trade at $1879.80 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.19% to 115.31, while EUR/JPY fell 0.04% to 130.55.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 96.165.