Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Gas & Water, Precision Instruments and Warehousing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kuraray Co., Ltd. (T:3405), which rose 3.36% or 56.0 points to trade at 1725.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) added 3.15% or 6.0 points to end at 196.2 and Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333) was up 2.87% or 100.0 points to 3580.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were T&D Holdings, Inc. (T:8795), which fell 2.90% or 53.0 points to trade at 1772.0 at the close. Minebea Mitsumi Inc (T:6479) declined 2.78% or 45.0 points to end at 1576.0 and Sony Financial Holdings Inc. (T:8729) was down 2.73% or 55.0 points to 1956.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1634 to 1380 and 352 ended unchanged.
Shares in Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333) rose to all time highs; up 2.87% or 100.0 to 3580.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.27% to 14.62.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.55% or 0.27 to $49.18 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.64% or 0.33 to hit $51.95 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.44% or 5.45 to trade at $1228.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.20% to 112.78, while EUR/JPY rose 0.61% to 121.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 99.94.