Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Fishery, Paper & Pulp and Transportation Equipment sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yamaha Corp. (TYO:7951), which rose 5.80% or 206.00 points to trade at 3,758.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506) added 5.49% or 18.00 points to end at 346.00 and Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (TYO:4021) was up 4.16% or 192.00 points to 4,812.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chiba Bank Ltd (TYO:8331), which fell 5.86% or 89.00 points to trade at 1,430.00 at the close. Concordia Financial Group Ltd (TYO:7186) declined 5.71% or 56.10 points to end at 926.10 and Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8308) was down 4.28% or 47.00 points to 1,051.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2039 to 1586 and 234 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.43% to 16.84.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.16% or 0.86 to $73.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.92% or 0.72 to hit $77.64 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.20 to trade at $2,369.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.09% to 155.96, while EUR/JPY fell 0.12% to 169.99.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 104.05.