Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Construction, Glass and Paper&Pulp sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which rose 3.46% or 68.0 points to trade at 2033.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Pioneer Corp. (T:6773) added 3.17% or 4.0 points to end at 130.0 and Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) was up 2.57% or 200.0 points to 7983.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ube Industries, Ltd. (T:4208), which fell 3.24% or 90.0 points to trade at 2691.0 at the close. Rakuten Inc (T:4755) declined 3.02% or 25.8 points to end at 827.7 and Concordia Financial Group Ltd (T:7186) was down 2.48% or 13.0 points to 511.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1804 to 1540 and 253 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.25% to 15.57.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.29% or 0.90 to $70.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.77% or 0.60 to hit $78.75 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.58% or 7.00 to trade at $1199.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.37% to 111.48, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 128.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 95.47.
