Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.03%

Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Gas & Water , Services and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.03%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mercari Inc (TYO:4385 ), which rose 4.43% or 106.00 points to trade at 2,497.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Sharp Corp (TYO:6753 ) added 4.05% or 35.80 points to end at 920.80 and NTT Data Corp. (TYO:9613 ) was up 3.31% or 79.00 points to 2,465.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8308 ), which fell 6.38% or 66.20 points to trade at 971.30 at the close. Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857 ) declined 5.63% or 359.00 points to end at 6,016.00 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035 ) was down 5.24% or 1,240.00 points to 22,440.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1879 to 1770 and 217 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 7.82% to 28.82.

Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.64% or 0.44 to $69.46 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.47% or 0.34 to hit $73.09 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 3.20 to trade at $2,612.10 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 140.54, while EUR/JPY fell 0.07% to 156.44.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 100.35.

Source: Investing.com