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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which rose 3.05% or 33.0 points to trade at 1114.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) added 2.37% or 49.0 points to end at 2116.0 and Marui Group Co., Ltd. (T:8252) was up 1.54% or 31.0 points to 2039.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411), which fell 4.90% or 43.0 points to trade at 835.0 at the close. Hino Motors, Ltd. (T:7205) declined 4.04% or 30.0 points to end at 713.0 and Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681) was down 4.02% or 32.0 points to 764.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1793 to 1669 and 226 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.43 a new 6-months low.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.46% or 0.17 to $37.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.50% or 0.20 to hit $39.41 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 8.70 to trade at $1972.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.03% to 105.69, while EUR/JPY rose 0.12% to 125.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 92.942.
