Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Warehousing and Fishery sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Okuma Corp. (TYO:6103), which rose 3.89% or 281.00 points to trade at 7,498.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4519) added 3.33% or 211.00 points to end at 6,550.00 and Omron Cor (TYO:6645) was up 2.97% or 161.00 points to 5,591.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Komatsu Ltd. (TYO:6301), which fell 4.84% or 219.00 points to trade at 4,304.00 at the close. Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:5214) declined 3.71% or 136.00 points to end at 3,528.00 and Sojitz Corp. (TYO:2768) was down 3.70% or 138.00 points to 3,589.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2555 to 1091 and 200 ended unchanged.
Shares in Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4519) rose to all time highs; up 3.33% or 211.00 to 6,550.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.47% to 21.43.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.47% or 0.36 to $75.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.46% or 0.36 to hit $78.69 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 8.70 to trade at $2,434.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.58% to 154.90, while EUR/JPY rose 0.60% to 167.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 104.42.