Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.71% 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 lost 1.71%.

The best performers of the session on the were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:), which rose 9.55% or 243.5 points to trade at 2793.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Trend Micro Inc. (T:) added 2.72% or 160.0 points to end at 6050.0 and Inpex Corp. (T:) was up 1.69% or 19.0 points to 1146.0 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:), which fell 6.96% or 530.0 points to trade at 7090.0 at the close. Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:) declined 6.02% or 36.0 points to end at 562.1 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:) was down 5.85% or 19.0 points to 306.0.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2942 to 648 and 188 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.64% to 26.02.

Crude oil for April delivery was up 3.68% or 3.32 to $93.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.10% or 1.95 to hit $94.94 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.63% or 12.05 to trade at $1911.85 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was unchanged 0.00% to 114.74, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 129.79.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 96.112.