Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.35% By Investing.com

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

At the close in Tokyo, the declined 0.35%.

The best performers of the session on the were Yamaha Corp. (TYO:), which rose 5.80% or 206.00 points to trade at 3,758.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:) added 5.49% or 18.00 points to end at 346.00 and Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (TYO:) was up 4.16% or 192.00 points to 4,812.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Chiba Bank Ltd (TYO:), which fell 5.86% or 89.00 points to trade at 1,430.00 at the close. Concordia Financial Group Ltd (TYO:) declined 5.71% or 56.10 points to end at 926.10 and Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:) was down 4.28% or 47.00 points to 1,051.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2039 to 1586 and 234 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.43% to 16.84.

Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.16% or 0.86 to $73.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.92% or 0.72 to hit $77.64 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.20 to trade at $2,369.10 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.09% to 155.96, while EUR/JPY fell 0.12% to 169.99.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 104.05.