Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (T:4151), which rose 2.42% or 55.0 points to trade at 2331.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) added 2.31% or 158.0 points to end at 7002.0 and Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333) was up 2.21% or 75.0 points to 3465.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801), which fell 3.68% or 210.0 points to trade at 5500.0 at the close. Okuma Corp. (T:6103) declined 3.24% or 200.0 points to end at 5980.0 and Meidensha Corp. (T:6508) was down 2.94% or 12.0 points to 396.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2101 to 1275 and 175 ended unchanged.
Shares in Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) rose to all time highs; rising 2.31% or 158.0 to 7002.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.20% to 22.82.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.68% or 0.43 to $63.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.77% or 0.52 to hit $68.16 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.37% or 5.00 to trade at $1341.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.22% to 106.12, while EUR/JPY rose 0.42% to 130.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 89.54.