Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the fell 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Honda Motor Co Ltd (TYO:), which rose 12.22% or 156.00 points to trade at 1,432.50 at the close. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:) added 7.19% or 35.30 points to end at 526.40 and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 6.00% or 27.00 points to 477.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toho Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which lost 6.19% or 410.00 points to trade at 6,217.00 in late trade. Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 4.05% or 51.50 points to end at 1,219.50 and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:) shed 3.16% or 217.00 points to 6,655.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2039 to 1558 and 291 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.78% to 21.84.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.49% or 0.34 to $69.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.51% or 0.37 to hit $72.69 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 5.51 to trade at $2,633.71 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.06% to 157.06, while EUR/JPY fell 0.18% to 163.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 107.91.
