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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501), which rose 11.03% or 32.0 points to trade at 322.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (T:9503) added 5.36% or 57.0 points to end at 1120.0 and Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) was up 5.35% or 133.0 points to 2620.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TOTO Ltd. (T:5332), which fell 3.79% or 250.0 points to trade at 6350.0 at the close. Ebara Corp. (T:6361) declined 3.66% or 230.0 points to end at 6060.0 and Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) was down 3.15% or 257.0 points to 7902.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2146 to 1331 and 279 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.20.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.16% or 0.11 to $69.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $72.57 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.65 to trade at $1792.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.24% to 109.96, while EUR/JPY fell 0.15% to 130.02.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 92.642.
