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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7012), which rose 3.00% or 90.00 points to trade at 3,095.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO:9531) added 2.28% or 58.00 points to end at 2,598.00 and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (TYO:5301) was up 2.07% or 23.00 points to 1,135.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755), which fell 3.35% or 22.00 points to trade at 635.00 at the close. DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:5714) declined 2.45% or 110.00 points to end at 4,380.00 and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (TYO:5713) was down 2.18% or 107.00 points to 4,799.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1909 to 1626 and 290 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7012) rose to 3-years highs; up 3.00% or 90.00 to 3,095.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.40% to 18.04.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.70% or 0.50 to $71.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.45% or 0.34 to hit $76.44 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.57% or 10.30 to trade at $1,800.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.18% to 136.80, while EUR/JPY rose 0.14% to 144.01.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 104.70.
