Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Construction, Railway & Bus and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Resona Holdings, Inc. (T:8308), which rose 3.99% or 24.5 points to trade at 638.4 at the close. Meanwhile, Inpex Corp. (T:1605) added 3.51% or 45.5 points to end at 1342.0 and Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) was up 3.06% or 88.0 points to 2960.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which fell 3.31% or 40.0 points to trade at 1168.0 at the close. Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) declined 2.62% or 110.0 points to end at 4090.0 and Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (T:2802) was down 2.45% or 53.5 points to 2128.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1664 to 1605 and 241 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.61% to 15.29 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.67% or 0.39 to $58.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.94% or 0.61 to hit $65.30 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.80 to trade at $1246.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 113.45, while EUR/JPY fell 0.01% to 133.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 93.86.