Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.09%

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 0.09%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T: 4568 ), which rose 3.67% or 254.0 points to trade at 7177.0 at the close. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T: 6976 ) added 3.49% or 103.0 points to end at 3055.0 and Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T: 1332 ) was up 3.23% or 20.0 points to 639.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Tokuyama Corp. (T: 4043 ), which lost 4.29% or 130.0 points to trade at 2900.0 in late trade. Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T: 9064 ) declined 3.32% or 63.0 points to end at 1837.0 and The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T: 9503 ) shed 3.28% or 41.5 points to 1222.5.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1757 to 1730 and 285 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.70.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.14% or 0.08 to $58.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.14% or 0.09 to hit $64.16 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.50 to trade at $1467.40 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.05% to 108.61, while EUR/JPY rose 0.14% to 120.25.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 97.575.