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 lost 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7012), which rose 5.68% or 113.0 points to trade at 2104.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) added 5.67% or 16.0 points to end at 298.0 and IHI Corp. (T:7013) was up 4.57% or 89.0 points to 2036.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ANA Holdings Inc (T:9202), which fell 7.86% or 194.0 points to trade at 2275.5 at the close. Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752) declined 4.32% or 32.0 points to end at 709.0 and Kubota Corp. (T:6326) was down 3.20% or 72.5 points to 2190.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2043 to 1432 and 255 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 19.53.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.45% or 0.21 to $46.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.48% or 0.24 to hit $50.05 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.78% or 14.35 to trade at $1846.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.04% to 104.07, while EUR/JPY rose 0.01% to 126.33.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 90.698.