Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.66% 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 0.66%.

The best performers of the session on the were Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 3.70% or 37.00 points to trade at 1,036.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:) added 2.81% or 200.00 points to end at 7,321.00 and Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:) was up 2.69% or 132.00 points to 5,042.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Toho Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 3.81% or 191.00 points to trade at 4,821.00 at the close. Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 3.47% or 153.00 points to end at 4,254.00 and Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (TYO:) was down 3.40% or 90.00 points to 2,553.50.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2723 to 951 and 212 ended unchanged.

Shares in Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:) rose to all time highs; up 2.81% or 200.00 to 7,321.00. Shares in Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:) rose to all time highs; up 2.69% or 132.00 to 5,042.00.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.31% to 22.47 a new 1-month high.

Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.18% or 0.13 to $72.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $78.11 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 6.15 to trade at $2,052.85 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.28% to 146.15, while EUR/JPY fell 0.01% to 159.56.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 102.67.