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 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568), which rose 3.67% or 254.0 points to trade at 7177.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) added 3.49% or 103.0 points to end at 3055.0 and Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332) was up 3.23% or 20.0 points to 639.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043), which fell 4.29% or 130.0 points to trade at 2900.0 at the close. Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064) declined 3.32% or 63.0 points to end at 1837.0 and The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503) was down 3.28% or 41.5 points to 1222.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1757 to 1730 and 285 ended unchanged.
Shares in Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.49% or 103.0 to 3055.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.70.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.14% or 0.08 to $58.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.14% or 0.09 to hit $64.16 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.45 to trade at $1467.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.05% to 108.61, while EUR/JPY rose 0.14% to 120.25.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 97.575.