Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.63% 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 lost 1.63% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the were Nikon Corp. (T:), which rose 3.16% or 36.0 points to trade at 1177.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Chiyoda Corp. (T:) added 3.04% or 11.0 points to end at 373.0 and Olympus Corp. (T:) was up 2.96% or 73.0 points to 2539.0 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:), which fell 5.16% or 30.6 points to trade at 562.9 at the close. Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:) declined 4.74% or 25.0 points to end at 502.0 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:) was down 4.44% or 17.0 points to 366.0.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2456 to 1129 and 185 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 27.33 a new 6-months high.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 3.33% or 2.33 to $67.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 3.46% or 2.53 to hit $70.69 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 7.80 to trade at $1793.00 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.36% to 113.11, while EUR/JPY fell 0.11% to 127.99.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 96.040.