Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.39% By Investing.com

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 0.39%.

The best performers of the session on the were Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:), which rose 8.62% or 111.00 points to trade at 1,398.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 7.30% or 185.00 points to end at 2,719.00 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:) was up 3.85% or 18.00 points to 485.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co. (TYO:), which fell 6.31% or 100.00 points to trade at 1,484.00 at the close. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 4.91% or 210.00 points to end at 4,064.00 and Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:) was down 3.23% or 24.00 points to 718.20.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2071 to 1467 and 265 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.18% to 16.97 a new 1-month low.

Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.39% or 0.30 to $77.60 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.26% or 0.22 to hit $84.28 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.43% or 8.20 to trade at $1,914.70 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.19% to 130.20, while EUR/JPY fell 0.18% to 141.20.

The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 102.09.