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

Tokyo closed with the currency falling 1.71%, reaching a new 52 week low.

They were the top performers at the session CyberAgent Inc T:, which increased 2.65% or 36.00 point to trade at 1,395.00 by the close. AGC Inc, T: saw an increase of 2.27% (95.00 points) to reach 4,280.00. Nippon Express Co. Ltd. Late trade saw (T:), up 2.01% or 150.00 point to 7,610.00

These were the worst performers of the session. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:), fell 13.19%, or 403.00 point to trade at 2,652.00 close. Hino Motors, Ltd. T: fell 12.21%, or 91.00 point to finish at 654.00 Mitsubishi Materials Corp. T: was at 2,082.00, an 8.60% decrease or 196.00 points.

On the Tokyo Stock Exchange, falling stocks outnumbered those in progress by 2995-647. 131 was left unchanged.

T: shares of Hino Motors, Ltd. fell 12.21% to 52 week lows, falling 91.00 to 654.00

The index, which tracks the implied volatility of Nikkei options 225, rose 6.54%, to 29.82, a new one-month high.

Crude oil rose 3.06%, or 3.65 percent to $123.05/barrel for April delivery. Brent oil, which was due for delivery in May, rose 3.58% (or 4.41) to reach $127.62/barrel, and the April Gold Futures contract increased 1.47% (or 29.30) to trade at $2.025.20 per troy ounce.

USD/JPY rose 0.12% at 115.43 and EUR/JPY rose 0.2% to 125.40.

US Dollar Index Futures were down 0.1% at 99.20