Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.33%

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 1.33%.

The best performers of the session on the were CyberAgent Inc (TYO:), which rose 2.70% or 22.60 points to trade at 858.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Subaru Corp (TYO:) added 2.41% or 62.50 points to end at 2,659.50 and Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 2.22% or 79.00 points to 3,636.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Advantest Corp. (TYO:), which fell 6.21% or 285.00 points to trade at 4,303.00 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 5.32% or 590.00 points to end at 10,495.00 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:) was down 3.96% or 940.00 points to 22,770.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2863 to 800 and 209 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.79% to 17.06.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.05% or 0.04 to $73.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $78.01 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.45% or 9.25 to trade at $2,051.45 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.23% to 146.85, while EUR/JPY fell 0.24% to 159.14.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 103.57.