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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were JGC Corp. (TYO:1963), which rose 4.69% or 76.00 points to trade at 1,698.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803) added 3.43% or 27.00 points to end at 814.00 and Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (TYO:6305) was up 3.40% or 99.00 points to 3,015.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107), which fell 3.25% or 320.00 points to trade at 9,520.00 at the close. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4519) declined 3.00% or 111.00 points to end at 3,595.00 and Terumo Corp. (TYO:4543) was down 2.40% or 108.00 points to 4,392.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2077 to 1399 and 310 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.69% to 20.82.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.94% or 1.88 to $98.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.94% or 1.94 to hit $102.13 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 5.35 to trade at $1,724.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.00% to 136.65, while EUR/JPY rose 0.09% to 139.80.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 106.27.
