Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp , Transport and Communication sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.14%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Hino Motors, Ltd. (TYO: 7205 ), which rose 5.76% or 24.70 points to trade at 453.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (TYO: 5713 ) added 4.98% or 151.00 points to end at 3,185.00 and Mitsubishi Corp. (TYO: 8058 ) was up 3.88% or 94.50 points to 2,528.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO: 6976 ), which fell 3.09% or 63.00 points to trade at 1,974.00 at the close. Lasertec Corp (TYO: 6920 ) declined 2.95% or 360.00 points to end at 11,860.00 and Rakuten Inc (TYO: 4755 ) was down 2.86% or 22.20 points to 754.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2114 to 1496 and 240 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.10% to 27.84.

Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.27% or 0.79 to $63.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.10% or 0.73 to hit $66.99 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.80% or 61.76 to trade at $3,487.06 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.28% to 140.45, while EUR/JPY fell 0.47% to 161.45.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 98.18.