Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.34%

Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Gas & Water , Precision Instruments and Warehousing sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.34%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kuraray Co., Ltd. (T: 3405 ), which rose 3.36% or 56.0 points to trade at 1725.0 at the close. Toshiba Corp. (T: 6502 ) added 3.15% or 6.0 points to end at 196.2 and Maruha Nichiro Corp (T: 1333 ) was up 2.87% or 100.0 points to 3580.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included T&D Holdings, Inc. (T: 8795 ), which lost 2.90% or 53.0 points to trade at 1772.0 in late trade. Minebea Mitsumi Inc (T: 6479 ) declined 2.78% or 45.0 points to end at 1576.0 and Sony Financial Holdings Inc. (T: 8729 ) shed 2.73% or 55.0 points to 1956.0.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1634 to 1380 and 352 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.27% to 14.62.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.55% or 0.27 to $49.18 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.64% or 0.33 to hit $51.95 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.44% or 5.45 to trade at $1228.55 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.20% to 112.79, while EUR/JPY rose 0.61% to 121.62.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 99.94.