Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Insurance, Fishery and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which rose 3.98% or 155.0 points to trade at 4045.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) added 3.31% or 10.0 points to end at 312.5 and Nitto Denko Co (T:6988) was up 2.01% or 174.0 points to 8833.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Familymart Ltd (T:8028), which fell 7.38% or 890.0 points to trade at 11170.0 at the close. Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801) declined 3.60% or 180.0 points to end at 4820.0 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) was down 3.46% or 20.0 points to 557.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1882 to 1482 and 207 ended unchanged.
Shares in Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.98% or 155.0 to 4045.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.41% to 14.54.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.47% or 0.34 to $72.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.69% or 0.55 to hit $79.77 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.30 to trade at $1293.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 110.98, while EUR/JPY rose 0.10% to 131.07.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 93.29.