Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.32% 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 declined 1.32%.

The best performers of the session on the were Tokuyama Corp. (TYO:), which rose 2.74% or 48.00 points to trade at 1,802.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (TYO:) added 2.72% or 55.00 points to end at 2,079.00 and Chiyoda Corp. (TYO:) was up 2.38% or 11.00 points to 473.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 7.02% or 232.00 points to trade at 3,073.00 at the close. Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (TYO:) declined 5.80% or 420.00 points to end at 6,820.00 and Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was down 3.82% or 207.00 points to 5,217.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2545 to 988 and 229 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 21.25% to 25.79.

Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.84% or 1.02 to $121.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.90% or 1.10 to hit $123.37 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $1,831.80 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 134.30, while EUR/JPY rose 0.51% to 140.56.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 104.61.