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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6098), which rose 4.78% or 167.00 points to trade at 3,660.00 at the close. Meanwhile, NH Foods Ltd (TYO:2282) added 2.61% or 100.00 points to end at 3,925.00 and Okuma Corp. (TYO:6103) was up 2.14% or 120.00 points to 5,740.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc (TYO:8750), which fell 2.76% or 66.50 points to trade at 2,345.00 at the close. T&D Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8795) declined 2.68% or 43.00 points to end at 1,559.00 and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4502) was down 2.61% or 114.00 points to 4,251.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2195 to 1318 and 298 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 10.18% to 20.48.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.87% or 0.62 to $70.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.74% or 0.57 to hit $76.12 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.71% or 33.30 to trade at $1,982.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.54% to 130.73, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 142.71.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 101.64.
