Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.63%

Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Marine Transport , Banking and Warehousing sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.63%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Comsys Holdings Corp. (T: 1721 ), which rose 1.83% or 44.0 points to trade at 2444.0 at the close. Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T: 6841 ) added 1.80% or 31.0 points to end at 1752.0 and Meidensha Corp. (T: 6508 ) was up 1.80% or 7.0 points to 395.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T: 9104 ), which lost 3.72% or 13.0 points to trade at 336.5 in late trade. Fujitsu Ltd. (T: 6702 ) declined 2.89% or 23.2 points to end at 780.4 and Showa Denko K.K. (T: 4004 ) shed 2.76% or 84.0 points to 2956.0.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3021 to 340 and 131 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 9.10% to 16.55.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.95% or 0.45 to $47.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.21% or 0.11 to hit $52.45 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.37% or 4.89 to trade at $1335.29 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.20% to 109.50, while EUR/JPY fell 0.34% to 130.11.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 92.63.