Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Communication, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:6770), which rose 4.77% or 180.0 points to trade at 3955.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Unitika, Ltd. (TOKYO:3103) added 4.48% or 3.0 points to end at 70.0 and GS Yuasa Corp. (TOKYO:6674) was up 4.17% or 21.0 points to 525.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were JX Holdings, Inc. (TOKYO:5020), which fell 3.63% or 18.1 points to trade at 479.9 at the close. Minebea Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:6479) declined 3.52% or 62.0 points to end at 1698.0 and Olympus Corp. (TOKYO:7733) was down 3.37% or 165.0 points to 4725.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1002 to 874 and 2 ended unchanged.
Shares in Unitika, Ltd. (TOKYO:3103) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.48% or 3.0 to 70.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.68% to 17.27.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.83% or 0.35 to $42.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.65% or 0.32 to hit $48.42 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.11% or 1.20 to trade at $1117.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.01% to 124.39, while EUR/JPY fell 0.07% to 137.71.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 96.89.