Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.26%

Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Transportation Equipment, Precision Instruments and Railway&Bus sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.26%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (TYO:9503), which rose 4.67% or 118.00 points to trade at 2,646.00 at the close. Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803) added 4.07% or 203.00 points to end at 5,190.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) was up 2.49% or 179.00 points to 7,370.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:4911), which lost 6.05% or 232.00 points to trade at 3,604.00 in late trade. Yaskawa Electric Corp. (TYO:6506) declined 5.41% or 270.00 points to end at 4,723.00 and Mercari Inc (TYO:4385) shed 5.39% or 143.00 points to 2,510.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2968 to 702 and 181 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 20.33% to 30.19 a new 1-month high.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.72% or 1.33 to $75.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.67% or 1.35 to hit $79.58 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 5.00 to trade at $2,661.00 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.22% to 147.85, while EUR/JPY fell 0.17% to 162.39.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 102.17.