Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.09%

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 fell 0.09%.

The best performers of the session on the were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:), which rose 3.67% or 254.0 points to trade at 7177.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:) added 3.49% or 103.0 points to end at 3055.0 and Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:) was up 3.23% or 20.0 points to 639.0 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tokuyama Corp. (T:), which fell 4.29% or 130.0 points to trade at 2900.0 at the close. Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:) declined 3.32% or 63.0 points to end at 1837.0 and The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:) was down 3.28% or 41.5 points to 1222.5.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1757 to 1730 and 285 ended unchanged.

Shares in Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.49% or 103.0 to 3055.0.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.70.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.14% or 0.08 to $58.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.14% or 0.09 to hit $64.16 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.45 to trade at $1467.35 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.05% to 108.61, while EUR/JPY rose 0.14% to 120.25.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 97.575.

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