Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Fishery and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic 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 Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (TYO:2501), which rose 4.90% or 330.00 points to trade at 7,068.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:6504) added 4.56% or 314.00 points to end at 7,200.00 and Yokogawa Electric Corp. (TYO:6841) was up 2.27% or 67.00 points to 3,019.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were T&D Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8795), which fell 2.89% or 70.00 points to trade at 2,352.00 at the close. Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (TYO:5706) declined 2.63% or 125.00 points to end at 4,632.00 and SUMCO Corp. (TYO:3436) was down 2.27% or 56.00 points to 2,414.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2237 to 1402 and 253 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:6504) rose to all time highs; rising 4.56% or 314.00 to 7,200.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.95% to 21.90.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.25% or 0.19 to $74.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.25% or 0.20 to hit $80.26 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.46% or 9.35 to trade at $2,031.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.06% to 148.00, while EUR/JPY rose 0.16% to 161.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 102.93.