Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Machinery and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Teijin Ltd. (T:3401), which rose 5.43% or 19.0 points to trade at 369.0 at the close. Meanwhile, NEC Corp. (T:6701) added 3.64% or 9.0 points to end at 256.0 and Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043) was up 3.45% or 10.0 points to 300.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770), which fell 4.56% or 88.0 points to trade at 1840.0 at the close. Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983) declined 4.21% or 1165.0 points to end at 26540.0 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) was down 4.05% or 19.0 points to 450.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1155 to 743 and 144 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.82% to 27.72.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.53% or 0.75 to $48.24 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.96% or 0.48 to hit $49.62 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.57% or 7.65 to trade at $1346.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.64% to 101.92, while EUR/JPY fell 0.78% to 113.52.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 95.67.