Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Transportation Equipment and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:5714), which rose 4.45% or 170.0 points to trade at 3990.0 at the close. Meanwhile, The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503) added 3.24% or 41.5 points to end at 1322.0 and Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502) was up 2.67% or 38.5 points to 1481.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fanuc Corp. (T:6954), which fell 3.28% or 880.0 points to trade at 25920.0 at the close. Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) declined 2.87% or 183.0 points to end at 6196.0 and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) was down 2.85% or 47.0 points to 1601.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1813 to 1546 and 214 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.55% to 21.91.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.90% or 0.56 to $62.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.70% or 0.46 to hit $66.51 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 2.80 to trade at $1315.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.35% to 106.47, while EUR/JPY rose 0.47% to 131.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 89.44.