Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.06%

Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp , Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.06%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nitto Denko Co (T: 6988 ), which rose 4.55% or 230.0 points to trade at 5290.0 at the close. Nippon Meat Packers, Inc. (T: 2282 ) added 3.81% or 140.0 points to end at 3815.0 and Sony Financial Holdings Inc. (T: 8729 ) was up 3.70% or 73.0 points to 2048.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp (T: 4188 ), which lost 5.60% or 36.4 points to trade at 614.1 in late trade. Kyocera Corp. (T: 6971 ) declined 4.84% or 288.0 points to end at 5665.0 and Kao Corp. (T: 4452 ) shed 3.32% or 291.0 points to 8473.0.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2254 to 1318 and 187 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 34.86 a new 1-month low.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 19.64% or 2.51 to $10.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 4.94% or 1.14 to hit $21.93 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.63% or 10.90 to trade at $1712.90 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 107.11, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 115.99.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 100.123.