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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were TDK Corp (T:6762), which rose 8.73% or 360.0 points to trade at 4485.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Kyocera Corp. (T:6971) added 5.33% or 362.0 points to end at 7151.0 and Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702) was up 3.98% or 795.0 points to 20750.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004), which fell 6.63% or 60.0 points to trade at 845.0 at the close. Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (T:4151) declined 6.41% or 245.0 points to end at 3580.0 and Sojitz Corp. (T:2768) was down 6.31% or 121.0 points to 1797.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2266 to 1250 and 200 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.26.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.26% or 0.22 to $84.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.47% or 0.40 to hit $85.11 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.25 to trade at $1796.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.27% to 113.68, while EUR/JPY fell 0.21% to 131.99.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 93.843.
