Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Transportation Equipment, Pharmaceutical Industry and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803), which rose 7.97% or 70.0 points to trade at 948.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801) added 4.95% or 220.0 points to end at 4665.0 and Terumo Corp. (T:4543) was up 3.01% or 130.0 points to 4455.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432), which fell 5.46% or 147.0 points to trade at 2547.0 at the close. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) declined 3.20% or 14.0 points to end at 423.0 and SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) was down 3.02% or 57.0 points to 1833.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1557 to 1479 and 322 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803) rose to 5-year highs; up 7.97% or 70.0 to 948.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.38% to 16.39.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.72% or 0.37 to $50.76 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.84% or 0.45 to hit $53.42 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.57 to trade at $1259.83 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.06% to 111.23, while EUR/JPY rose 0.10% to 125.20.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 96.77.