TOKYO: Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Marine Transport, Insurance and Gas & Water sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Ebara Corp. (T:6361), which rose 3.02% or 105.0 points to trade at 3580.0 at the close. Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (T:9062) added 2.58% or 15.0 points to end at 596.0 and Nisshin Steel Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:5413) was up 2.48% or 40.0 points to 1652.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707), which lost 2.97% or 18.0 points to trade at 588.0 in late trade. Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043) declined 2.86% or 16.0 points to end at 544.0 and Nikon Corp. (T:7731) shed 2.30% or 39.0 points to 1653.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1588 to 1348 and 410 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 14.19% to 15.12 a new 52-week low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.06% or 0.03 to $53.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.12% or 0.07 to hit $55.94 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.35 to trade at $1225.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.06% to 113.82, while EUR/JPY rose 0.06% to 120.63.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 101.54.
