Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.13%

Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Shipbuilding , Warehousing and Precision Instruments sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.13%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were SoftBank Group Corp. (TYO:9984 ), which rose 4.42% or 416.00 points to trade at 9,837.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:5631 ) added 4.25% or 264.00 points to end at 6,469.00 and Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO:9009 ) was up 4.08% or 164.00 points to 4,181.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857 ), which fell 9.35% or 894.00 points to trade at 8,664.00 at the close. Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801 ) declined 4.03% or 283.00 points to end at 6,732.00 and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (TYO:7201 ) was down 3.93% or 13.80 points to 337.60.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2326 to 1263 and 280 ended unchanged.

Shares in Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (TYO:7201 ) fell to 3-years lows; falling 3.93% or 13.80 to 337.60.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.55% to 21.63.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.41% or 0.29 to $70.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.20% or 0.15 to hit $74.06 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 2.99 to trade at $2,667.01 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.01% to 154.13, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 161.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 106.63.

Source: Investing.com