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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 0.91%.
The best performers of the session on the were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:), which rose 2.34% or 23.0 points to trade at 1006.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:) added 1.98% or 21.0 points to end at 1082.0 and Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:) was up 1.33% or 100.0 points to 7610.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:), which fell 3.87% or 302.0 points to trade at 7500.0 at the close. Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:) declined 3.17% or 135.0 points to end at 4120.0 and Mazda Motor Corp (T:) was down 2.95% or 30.0 points to 987.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1847 to 1692 and 261 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 13.48.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.60% or 0.35 to $58.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.89% or 0.58 to hit $64.62 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.45 to trade at $1562.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.16% to 110.00, while EUR/JPY fell 0.14% to 122.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.00% at 97.360.
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