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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nitto Denko Co (T:6988), which rose 7.27% or 590.0 points to trade at 8710.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (T:6305) added 7.06% or 245.0 points to end at 3715.0 and Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (T:2802) was up 3.83% or 126.0 points to 3416.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803), which fell 8.33% or 56.0 points to trade at 616.0 at the close. Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) declined 6.23% or 21.0 points to end at 316.0 and Canon Inc (T:7751) was down 5.89% or 160.5 points to 2566.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2214 to 1273 and 245 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.14.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.29% or 1.09 to $83.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.03% or 0.88 to hit $84.77 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 5.75 to trade at $1787.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.19% to 113.92, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 132.20.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 93.873.
