Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (T:6703), which rose 4.51% or 61.0 points to trade at 1414.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (T:2501) added 3.37% or 79.0 points to end at 2423.0 and Toho Co., Ltd. (T:9602) was up 2.75% or 130.0 points to 4855.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (T:6952), which fell 3.95% or 52.0 points to trade at 1264.0 at the close. JGC Corp. (T:1963) declined 3.19% or 48.0 points to end at 1455.0 and IHI Corp. (T:7013) was down 3.11% or 78.0 points to 2428.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2209 to 1314 and 216 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 13.12 a new 52-week low.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.27% or 0.16 to $59.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $66.42 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 1.95 to trade at $1415.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.16% to 108.08, while EUR/JPY rose 0.12% to 121.61.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 96.662.