Tokyo stocks closed lower Tuesday as technology issues tracked losses of their counterparts on Wall Street overnight and Nissan Motor tumbled after the arrest a day earlier of its Chairman Carlos Ghosn over alleged financial transgressions.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average dropped 238.04 points, or 1.09 percent, from Monday to close the day at 21,583.12.

The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, meanwhile, lost 11.94 points, or 0.73 percent, to finish at 1,625.67.

Miscellaneous product, oil and coal product, and mining-related issues comprised those that declined the most by the close of play.