Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Gas & Water and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Denki Kagaku Kogyo K.K. (T:4061), which rose 4.61% or 19.0 points to trade at 431.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Ube Industries, Ltd. (T:4208) added 2.50% or 5.0 points to end at 205.0 and Komatsu Ltd. (T:6301) was up 2.11% or 40.5 points to 1958.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which fell 7.01% or 15.7 points to trade at 208.3 at the close. Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043) declined 5.65% or 10.0 points to end at 167.0 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) was down 5.01% or 70.0 points to 1326.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1445 to 357 and 89 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.58% to 29.31.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.19% or 0.45 to $37.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.25% or 0.51 to hit $40.33 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 0.53% or 6.70 to trade at $1270.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.35% to 113.05, while EUR/JPY fell 0.28% to 124.58.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 97.09.