Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.83%

Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, Chemical, Petroleum&Plastic and Transport sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.83% to hit a new 3-months low.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were LY Corp (TYO:4689), which rose 1.31% or 5.30 points to trade at 408.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO:9531) added 1.21% or 41.00 points to end at 3,416.00 and Aeon Co., Ltd. (TYO:8267) was up 0.65% or 19.00 points to 2,938.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:5202), which fell 6.65% or 54.00 points to trade at 758.00 at the close. Inpex Corp. (TYO:1605) declined 6.49% or 144.50 points to end at 2,080.50 and Chiyoda Corp. (TYO:6366) was down 6.15% or 23.00 points to 351.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3429 to 352 and 86 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.61% to 18.88 a new 1-month high.

Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.63% or 0.56 to $88.26 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.78% or 0.71 to hit $90.00 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.53% or 9.85 to trade at $1,837.35 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 149.70, while EUR/JPY fell 0.15% to 156.78.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 106.80.