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 lost 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770), which rose 4.09% or 69.0 points to trade at 1755.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Mitsubishi Corp. (T:8058) added 3.12% or 78.5 points to end at 2591.0 and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713) was up 2.87% or 93.0 points to 3330.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Canon Inc (T:7751), which fell 4.09% or 75.0 points to trade at 1757.0 at the close. Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202) declined 3.76% or 16.0 points to end at 410.0 and The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631) was down 3.73% or 57.0 points to 1473.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1734 to 1731 and 218 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.99.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.13% or 0.48 to $43.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.13% or 0.51 to hit $45.79 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.85% or 16.80 to trade at $1995.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 105.78, while EUR/JPY rose 0.14% to 126.57.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 91.955.