Japan shares fall at the close; The Nikkei 225 was down 1.03% by Investing.com

Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, it was down 1.03%.

The best performers of the session on the were Merchants Inc (TYO: ), which rose 4.43% or 106.00 points to 2,497.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Sharp Corp (TYO: ) added 4.05% or 35.80 points to end at 920.80 and NTT Data Corp. (TYO: ) was up 3.31% or 79.00 points to trade at 2,465.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO: ), which declined 6.38% or 66.20 points to trade at 971.30 at the close. Advantest Corp. (TYO: ) declined 5.63% or 359.00 points to end at 6,016.00 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO: ) traded down 5.24% or 1,240.00 points to 22,440.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange through 1879 to 1770, and 217 ended unchanged.

which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, rose 7.82% to 28.82.

Crude oil for November delivery rose 0.64%, or 0.44, to $69.46 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodity trading, Brent crude for November delivery rose 0.47%, or 0.34, to $73.09 a barrel, while December gold futures rose 0.12 % or 3.20 to $2,612.10 per troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.04% at 140.54, while EUR/JPY was down 0.07% at 156.44.

US dollar index futures fell 0.08% to 100.35.