Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.26%

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

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.26%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Honda Motor Co Ltd (TYO:7267), which rose 12.22% or 156.00 points to trade at 1,432.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211) added 7.19% or 35.30 points to end at 526.40 and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (TYO:7201) was up 6.00% or 27.00 points to 477.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Toho Co., Ltd. (TYO:9602), which fell 6.19% or 410.00 points to trade at 6,217.00 at the close. Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (TYO:8233) declined 4.05% or 51.50 points to end at 1,219.50 and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801) was down 3.16% or 217.00 points to 6,655.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2039 to 1558 and 291 ended unchanged.

Shares in Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211) rose to 52-week highs; rising 7.19% or 35.30 to 526.40.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.78% to 21.84.

Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.48% or 0.33 to $69.57 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.48% or 0.35 to hit $72.67 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 5.39 to trade at $2,633.59 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.06% to 157.07, while EUR/JPY fell 0.14% to 163.29.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 107.91.