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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:6770), which rose 13.68% or 158.00 points to trade at 1,313.00 at the close. Meanwhile, SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. (TYO:9412) added 7.86% or 33.00 points to end at 453.00 and Hitachi Ltd (TYO:6501) was up 6.72% or 408.00 points to 6,480.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Z Holdings Corp (TYO:4689), which fell 9.83% or 50.60 points to trade at 464.00 at the close. Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) declined 4.78% or 430.00 points to end at 8,560.00 and Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8308) was down 3.42% or 19.30 points to 545.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1813 to 1713 and 241 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.79% to 25.07.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.13% or 0.14 to $104.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.11% or 0.12 to hit $107.02 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.38% or 26.42 to trade at $1,885.28 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.27% to 130.18, while EUR/JPY rose 0.34% to 137.31.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 103.25.
