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.