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 fell 1.40%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were CyberAgent Inc (T:4751), which rose 2.96% or 125.0 points to trade at 4345.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (T:4507) added 2.09% or 133.0 points to end at 6504.0 and Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333) was up 1.28% or 33.0 points to 2604.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Advantest Corp. (T:6857), which fell 5.75% or 330.0 points to trade at 5410.0 at the close. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) declined 5.66% or 200.0 points to end at 3335.0 and Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103) was down 5.61% or 21.0 points to 353.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3077 to 587 and 128 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.96.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.99% or 0.52 to $51.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.37% or 0.79 to hit $56.88 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 4.35 to trade at $1590.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.14% to 109.72, while EUR/JPY fell 0.12% to 118.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 99.062.