Japan shares fall at the close; The Nikkei 225 was down 1.26% 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 lost 1.26%.

The best performers of the session were Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (TYO: ), which rose 4.67% or 118.00 points to trade at 2,646.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Fujikura Ltd. (TYO: ) added 4.07% or 203.00 points to end at 5,190.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO: ) was up 2.49% or 179.00 points to trade at 7,370.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO: ), which decreased 6.05% or 232.00 points to trade at 3,604.00 at the close. Yaskawa Electric Corp. (TYO: ) declined 5.41% or 270.00 points to end at 4,723.00 and Merchants Inc (TYO: ) declined 5.39% or 143.00 points to 2,510.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2,968 to 702, while 181 ended unchanged.

Shares in Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:) rose to all-time highs; up 4.07% or 203.00 to 5,190.00.

which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, rose 20.33% to 30.19, a new one-month high.

Crude oil for November delivery fell 1.74%, or 1.34, to $75.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodity trading, Brent crude for December delivery fell 1.69%, or 1.37, to $79.56 a barrel, while December gold futures fell 0.20 % or 5.40 to $2,660.60 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY fell 0.20% to 147.88, while EUR/JPY fell 0.15% to 162.43.

US dollar index futures fell 0.12% to 102.18.