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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO:6976), which rose 6.04% or 320.00 points to trade at 5,620.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211) added 3.32% or 13.00 points to end at 404.00 and Ricoh Co., Ltd. (TYO:7752) was up 2.77% or 31.00 points to 1,149.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fujitsu Ltd. (TYO:6702), which fell 4.44% or 870.00 points to trade at 18,705.00 at the close. Astellas Pharma Inc. (TYO:4503) declined 4.09% or 86.00 points to end at 2,017.00 and Sony Corp (TYO:6758) was down 3.19% or 395.00 points to 11,975.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2100 to 1401 and 251 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.26% to 19.56 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.91% or 2.20 to $113.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.79% or 2.08 to hit $114.21 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 5.60 to trade at $1,854.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.15% to 129.91, while EUR/JPY rose 0.16% to 138.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 102.32.
