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 0.91%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which rose 2.34% or 23.0 points to trade at 1006.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681) added 1.98% or 21.0 points to end at 1082.0 and Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:2269) was up 1.33% or 100.0 points to 7610.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911), which fell 3.87% or 302.0 points to trade at 7500.0 at the close. Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) declined 3.17% or 135.0 points to end at 4120.0 and Mazda Motor Corp (T:7261) was down 2.95% or 30.0 points to 987.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1847 to 1692 and 261 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 13.48.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.60% or 0.35 to $58.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.89% or 0.58 to hit $64.62 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.45 to trade at $1562.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.16% to 110.00, while EUR/JPY fell 0.14% to 122.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.00% at 97.360.