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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which rose 2.98% or 11.0 points to trade at 380.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:7762) added 2.41% or 12.0 points to end at 509.0 and West Japan Railway Co. (T:9021) was up 2.39% or 113.0 points to 4832.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406), which fell 6.80% or 42.0 points to trade at 576.0 at the close. JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411) declined 6.78% or 114.0 points to end at 1568.0 and Japan Steel Works Ltd (T:5631) was down 4.82% or 205.0 points to 4045.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2414 to 1115 and 252 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.26.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 2.06% or 1.72 to $85.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.68% or 1.45 to hit $87.93 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 2.35 to trade at $1814.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.30% to 114.94, while EUR/JPY rose 0.24% to 131.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 95.323.
