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.