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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086), which rose 7.40% or 73.0 points to trade at 1059.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) added 6.01% or 20.0 points to end at 353.0 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) was up 3.45% or 10.0 points to 300.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (T:2501), which fell 3.79% or 86.0 points to trade at 2185.0 at the close. AGC Inc (T:5201) declined 3.19% or 180.0 points to end at 5470.0 and Bridgestone Corp. (T:5108) was down 3.06% or 156.0 points to 4940.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2744 to 919 and 120 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.52% to 19.64.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.14% or 0.11 to $76.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.24% or 0.19 to hit $78.86 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 5.90 to trade at $1805.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.08% to 114.90, while EUR/JPY fell 0.01% to 129.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 96.230.
