Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004), which rose 5.43% or 20.0 points to trade at 388.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681) added 2.51% or 27.0 points to end at 1101.0 and Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303) was up 2.41% or 39.0 points to 1658.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984), which fell 50.59% or 5213.5 points to trade at 5091.5 at the close. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) declined 3.76% or 225.0 points to end at 5752.0 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) was down 3.31% or 490.0 points to 14320.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1989 to 1477 and 257 ended unchanged.
Shares in Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) fell to 3-years lows; losing 50.59% or 5213.5 to 5091.5.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 16.07.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.10% or 0.06 to $57.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.33% or 0.21 to hit $63.97 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.26% or 17.85 to trade at $1436.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.29% to 106.97, while EUR/JPY fell 0.31% to 121.91.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 95.460.