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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501), which rose 3.92% or 18.00 points to trade at 477.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568) added 2.11% or 98.00 points to end at 4,738.00 and Sony Corp (TYO:6758) was up 2.09% or 240.00 points to 11,735.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fanuc Corp. (TYO:6954), which fell 80.00% or 18,760.00 points to trade at 4,690.00 at the close. Japan Post Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6178) declined 4.01% or 44.50 points to end at 1,066.00 and Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (TYO:7202) was down 3.37% or 55.00 points to 1,577.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2284 to 1362 and 186 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fanuc Corp. (TYO:6954) fell to 5-year lows; losing 80.00% or 18,760.00 to 4,690.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.87% to 17.38.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.42% or 0.31 to $73.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.32% or 0.25 to hit $77.84 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.00% or 0.05 to trade at $1,984.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.37% to 132.35, while EUR/JPY fell 0.37% to 143.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 102.23.
