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 declined 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Canon Inc (T:7751), which rose 8.05% or 144.0 points to trade at 1932.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Seiko Epson Cor (T:6724) added 5.98% or 67.0 points to end at 1187.0 and Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) was up 4.29% or 30.0 points to 729.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6504), which fell 4.82% or 165.0 points to trade at 3255.0 at the close. JTEKT Corp. (T:6473) declined 4.30% or 39.0 points to end at 868.0 and Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (T:3099) was down 4.05% or 23.0 points to 545.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1898 to 1569 and 216 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 23.19.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.62% or 0.24 to $38.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.61% or 0.25 to hit $41.06 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.45 to trade at $1907.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.03% to 104.78, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 123.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 93.007.