Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Shipbuilding and Finance & Investment sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were SUMCO Corp. (T:3436), which rose 5.42% or 69.0 points to trade at 1342.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Advantest Corp. (T:6857) added 4.54% or 120.0 points to end at 2762.0 and Fanuc Corp. (T:6954) was up 4.45% or 860.0 points to 20195.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rakuten Inc (T:4755), which fell 4.56% or 46.0 points to trade at 962.0 at the close. Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506) declined 4.28% or 118.0 points to end at 2636.0 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) was down 3.54% or 25.0 points to 682.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2101 to 1422 and 198 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.18% to 17.20.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.24% or 0.15 to $61.74 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.20% or 0.14 to hit $69.15 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.24% or 3.05 to trade at $1291.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.01% to 111.36, while EUR/JPY fell 0.10% to 124.71.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 96.968.