Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Gas & Water, Retail and Transportation Equipment sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Hitachi Ltd (T:6501), which rose 4.20% or 144.0 points to trade at 3575.0 at the close. Meanwhile, IHI Corp. (T:7013) added 2.73% or 72.0 points to end at 2713.0 and TOTO Ltd. (T:5332) was up 2.08% or 90.0 points to 4410.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Familymart Ltd (T:8028), which fell 5.43% or 170.0 points to trade at 2960.0 at the close. Ube Industries, Ltd. (T:4208) declined 2.95% or 71.0 points to end at 2339.0 and Nikon Corp. (T:7731) was down 2.64% or 43.0 points to 1583.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2214 to 1295 and 207 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.00% to 15.87 a new 6-months low.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.30% or 0.18 to $59.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.55% or 0.37 to hit $67.91 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 3.75 to trade at $1305.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.13% to 111.27, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 126.36.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 95.833.