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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 Concordia Financial Group Ltd (T:7186), which rose 5.68% or 25.0 points to trade at 465.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (T:8354) added 4.58% or 94.0 points to end at 2147.0 and Shizuoka Bank Ltd (T:8355) was up 4.08% or 34.0 points to 867.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Omron Cor (T:6645), which fell 3.14% or 350.0 points to trade at 10790.0 at the close. Rakuten Inc (T:4755) declined 2.62% or 31.0 points to end at 1152.0 and Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:7762) was down 2.36% or 12.0 points to 497.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2052 to 1480 and 261 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.00.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.50% or 0.40 to $79.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.46% or 0.38 to hit $82.37 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.90 to trade at $1790.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.07% to 115.90, while EUR/JPY rose 0.20% to 131.02.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 96.205.
