Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate, Transportation Equipment and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.62%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702), which rose 2.90% or 13.0 points to trade at 461.7 at the close. Meanwhile, DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:5714) added 2.27% or 14.0 points to end at 631.0 and Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:7762) was up 2.16% or 11.0 points to 521.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. (T:8830), which fell 5.04% or 147.0 points to trade at 2769.5 at the close. Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (T:2501) declined 4.73% or 125.0 points to end at 2520.0 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) was down 4.56% or 44.0 points to 921.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1729 to 243 and 85 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.24% to 20.89.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.68% or 0.31 to $45.43 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.74% or 0.36 to hit $47.99 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.53% or 7.15 to trade at $1354.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 1.05% to 100.19, while EUR/JPY fell 0.51% to 112.67.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.54% at 95.06.