© Reuters. Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.05%
Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the fell 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the were Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 3.64% or 148.00 points to trade at 4,218.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Daikin Industries, Ltd. (TYO:) added 3.30% or 665.00 points to end at 20,845.00 and Toho Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 2.98% or 146.00 points to 5,048.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Renesas Electronics Corp (TYO:), which fell 4.03% or 102.00 points to trade at 2,428.00 at the close. Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 3.45% or 225.00 points to end at 6,297.00 and MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings (TYO:) was down 3.45% or 271.00 points to 7,579.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2537 to 1123 and 210 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.05% to 21.96 a new 1-month high.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.31% or 0.24 to $78.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.36% or 0.30 to hit $82.51 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 6.65 to trade at $2,181.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.34% to 147.44, while EUR/JPY rose 0.44% to 161.25.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 102.43.
