Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday as sector and sector losses sent shares lower.
At the end of trading in Tokyo, quotes fell by 0.35%.
The best performers of the session were Yamaha company. (TYO:) rose 5.80% or 206.00 points to trade at 3758.00 at the close. Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:) rose 18.00 points, or 5.49%, to close at 346.00. Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (TYO:) was up 4.16%, or 192.00 points, at 4,812.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chiba Bank Ltd (TYO:), which fell 5.86% or 89.00 points to trade at 1430.00 at the close. Concordia Financial Group, LLC (TYO:) fell 5.71%, or 56.10 points, to finish at 926.10, and Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:) fell 4.28%, or 47.00 points, to 1,051.00.
By 2039, on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the number of rising stocks outnumbered falling stocks, reaching 1,586, with 234 remaining unchanged.
The index, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, fell 4.43% to 16.84.
Oil for July delivery fell 1.16%, or 0.86, to $73.36 a barrel. In commodities trading, Brent crude for August delivery fell 0.92%, or 0.72, to $77.64 a barrel, while the August gold futures contract fell 0.01%, or 0. 20, and traded at $2,369.10 per troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.09% at 155.96 and EUR/JPY was down 0.12% at 169.99.
US Dollar Index futures fell 0.03% to 104.05.