Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Transportation Equipment, Insurance and Shipbuilding sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nisshin Steel Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:5413), which rose 3.07% or 43.0 points to trade at 1444.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Central Japan Railway Co. (T:9022) added 2.70% or 525.0 points to end at 20000.0 and Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) was up 2.54% or 12.0 points to 484.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976), which fell 5.39% or 93.0 points to trade at 1632.0 at the close. Minebea Mitsumi Inc (T:6479) declined 3.36% or 61.0 points to end at 1757.0 and SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) was down 3.34% or 60.0 points to 1735.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1744 to 1502 and 246 ended unchanged.
Shares in Central Japan Railway Co. (T:9022) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.70% or 525.0 to 20000.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.64% to 14.02.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.44% or 0.23 to $51.99 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.65% or 0.38 to hit $58.05 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 1.90 to trade at $1309.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 111.68, while EUR/JPY fell 0.35% to 131.90.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 92.66.