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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:5202), which rose 3.39% or 19.00 points to trade at 579.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7012) added 2.58% or 80.00 points to end at 3,180.00 and IHI Corp. (TYO:7013) was up 2.33% or 90.00 points to 3,950.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Z Holdings Corp (TYO:4689), which fell 2.20% or 7.40 points to trade at 328.70 at the close. Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755) declined 2.02% or 12.00 points to end at 581.00 and Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:6770) was down 1.96% or 24.00 points to 1,199.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2098 to 1492 and 261 ended unchanged.
Shares in Z Holdings Corp (TYO:4689) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.20% or 7.40 to 328.70. Shares in Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755) fell to 5-year lows; losing 2.02% or 12.00 to 581.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.21% to 19.35.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.45% or 0.36 to $79.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.32% or 0.27 to hit $84.41 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 7.10 to trade at $1,816.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.28% to 133.85, while EUR/JPY rose 0.39% to 142.55.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 103.87.
