Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Transport and Communication sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the fell 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were SoftBank Group Corp. (), which rose 10.91% or 771.00 points to trade at 7,841.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. () added 7.92% or 840.00 points to end at 11,445.00 and Renesas Electronics Corp () was up 6.80% or 292.00 points to 4,589.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Archion Corp (), which fell 8.68% or 35.00 points to trade at 368.00 at the close. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. () declined 6.54% or 531.00 points to end at 7,586.00 and Advantest Corp. () was down 6.05% or 1,680.00 points to 26,075.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1863 to 1689 and 229 ended unchanged.
Shares in SoftBank Group Corp. (TYO:9984) rose to all time highs; up 10.91% or 771.00 to 7,841.00. Shares in Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO:6976) rose to all time highs; gaining 7.92% or 840.00 to 11,445.00. Shares in Renesas Electronics Corp (TYO:6723) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 6.80% or 292.00 to 4,589.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.76% to 29.70.
for July delivery was down 5.17% or 4.99 to $91.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, for delivery in August rose 1.82% or 1.70 to hit $95.12 a barrel, while the August rose 0.20% or 9.10 to trade at $4,565.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.12% to 159.10, while EUR/JPY rose 0.06% to 185.12.
The was up 0.10% at 99.02.