Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Rubber and Glass sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983), which rose 2.00% or 1070.0 points to trade at 54480.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (T:3863) added 1.79% or 40.0 points to end at 2280.0 and Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303) was up 1.53% or 24.0 points to 1589.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which fell 4.99% or 64.0 points to trade at 1219.0 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) declined 4.76% or 235.0 points to end at 4700.0 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) was down 4.18% or 102.0 points to 2338.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2186 to 1279 and 242 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (T:3863) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.79% or 40.0 to 2280.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.55% to 16.54 a new 3-months low.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.32% or 0.18 to $56.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.21% or 0.14 to hit $65.53 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.75 to trade at $1286.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.17% to 111.94, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 126.72.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 96.700.