Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Rubber, Insurance and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506), which rose 4.36% or 124.0 points to trade at 2968.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004) added 2.70% or 15.0 points to end at 570.0 and SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) was up 2.60% or 47.0 points to 1856.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004), which fell 5.61% or 176.0 points to trade at 2964.0 at the close. Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) declined 4.91% or 13.9 points to end at 269.0 and Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (T:3863) was down 3.52% or 80.0 points to 2193.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1811 to 1363 and 308 ended unchanged.
Shares in Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.36% or 124.0 to 2968.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 8.33% to 13.26.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.41% or 0.19 to $46.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.37% or 0.18 to hit $48.78 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 1.73 to trade at $1252.57 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.16% to 111.28, while EUR/JPY rose 0.25% to 129.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 93.79.