Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Gas & Water, Shipbuilding and Machinery sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.77%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Shimizu Corp. (T:1803), which rose 1.99% or 22.0 points to trade at 1130.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Kubota Corp. (T:6326) added 1.81% or 32.0 points to end at 1800.0 and Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752) was up 1.51% or 15.0 points to 1010.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which fell 7.50% or 153.0 points to trade at 1888.0 at the close. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) declined 6.16% or 185.0 points to end at 2820.0 and Kuraray Co., Ltd. (T:3405) was down 4.48% or 73.0 points to 1555.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2932 to 505 and 137 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kuraray Co., Ltd. (T:3405) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.48% or 73.0 to 1555.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 8.27% to 16.24.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.46% or 0.96 to $64.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.89% or 0.67 to hit $74.67 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 2.90 to trade at $1283.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.79% to 109.68, while EUR/JPY fell 1.38% to 126.73.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 94.75.