Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Construction, Shipbuilding and Textile sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.43%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (T:6305), which rose 7.02% or 315.0 points to trade at 4800.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co. (T:5703) added 3.16% or 10.0 points to end at 326.0 and Kao Corp. (T:4452) was up 1.80% or 136.0 points to 7708.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (T:4063), which fell 4.74% or 620.0 points to trade at 12470.0 at the close. Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803) declined 3.93% or 44.0 points to end at 1077.0 and Obayashi Corp. (T:1802) was down 3.40% or 47.0 points to 1336.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2877 to 573 and 134 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (T:6305) rose to all time highs; rising 7.02% or 315.0 to 4800.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.78% to 16.53.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.98% or 0.64 to $64.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.65% or 0.45 to hit $68.75 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.48% or 6.50 to trade at $1333.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.21% to 108.72, while EUR/JPY fell 0.36% to 134.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 89.31.