Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.72%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043), which rose 1.97% or 49.0 points to trade at 2532.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Amada Co., Ltd. (T:6113) added 1.64% or 19.0 points to end at 1179.0 and Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) was up 1.63% or 5.0 points to 311.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501), which fell 5.71% or 32.5 points to trade at 536.5 at the close. Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) declined 4.65% or 52.0 points to end at 1066.0 and JGC Corp. (T:1963) was down 3.94% or 56.0 points to 1367.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2840 to 717 and 166 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 16.74 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.36% or 0.19 to $51.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.53% or 0.32 to hit $60.62 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 5.55 to trade at $1348.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.26% to 108.27, while EUR/JPY fell 0.07% to 121.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 96.915.