Japan Stock Market Summary

Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, with losses in the Railway & Bus, Transport, and Fishery sectors leading shares down.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.26%.

Best Performers

• Honda Motor Co Ltd (TYO:7267): rose 12.22% or 156.00 points to trade at 1,432.50 at the close.
• Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211): added 7.19% or 35.30 points to end at 526.40.
• Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (TYO:7201): up 6.00% or 27.00 points to 477.00 in late trade.

Worst Performers

• Toho Co., Ltd. (TYO:9602): fell 6.19% or 410.00 points to trade at 6,217.00.
• Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (TYO:8233): declined 4.05% or 51.50 points to end at 1,219.50.
• Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801): down 3.16% or 217.00 points to 6,655.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2039 to 1558 and 291 ended unchanged.

Shares in Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211) rose to 52-week highs, rising 7.19% or 35.30 to 526.40.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.78% to 21.84.

Commodity Prices

• Crude oil for February delivery: up 0.48% or 0.33 to $69.57 a barrel.
• Brent oil for March delivery: rose 0.48% or 0.35 to hit $72.67 a barrel.
• February Gold Futures: rose 0.21% or 5.39 to trade at $2,633.59 a troy ounce.

Currency Exchange Rates

• USD/JPY was down 0.06% to 157.07.
• EUR/JPY fell 0.14% to 163.29.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 107.91.