Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.26%

Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Transportation Equipment , Precision Instruments and Railway & Bus sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.26%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (TYO:9503 ), which rose 4.67% or 118.00 points to trade at 2,646.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803 ) added 4.07% or 203.00 points to end at 5,190.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857 ) was up 2.49% or 179.00 points to 7,370.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:4911 ), which fell 6.05% or 232.00 points to trade at 3,604.00 at the close. Yaskawa Electric Corp. (TYO:6506 ) declined 5.41% or 270.00 points to end at 4,723.00 and Mercari Inc (TYO:4385 ) was down 5.39% or 143.00 points to 2,510.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2968 to 702 and 181 ended unchanged.

Shares in Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803 ) rose to all time highs; rising 4.07% or 203.00 to 5,190.00.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 20.33% to 30.19 a new 1-month high.

Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.74% or 1.34 to $75.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.69% or 1.37 to hit $79.56 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 5.40 to trade at $2,660.60 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.20% to 147.88, while EUR/JPY fell 0.15% to 162.43.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 102.18.

Source: Investing.com