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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kuraray Co., Ltd. (TYO:3405), which rose 8.32% or 85.00 points to trade at 1,107.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) added 6.89% or 168.00 points to end at 2,608.00 and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801) was up 6.09% or 145.00 points to 2,527.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GS Yuasa Corp. (TYO:6674), which fell 7.42% or 177.00 points to trade at 2,208.00 at the close. Unitika, Ltd. (TYO:3103) declined 6.05% or 17.00 points to end at 264.00 and Daikin Industries, Ltd. (TYO:6367) was down 5.17% or 1,195.00 points to 21,930.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1769 to 1732 and 282 ended unchanged.
Shares in Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801) rose to 52-week highs; rising 6.09% or 145.00 to 2,527.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.56% to 20.54 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.34% or 0.30 to $88.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.18% or 0.17 to hit $95.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 2.45 to trade at $1,713.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.13% to 145.85, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 146.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 109.63.
