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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501), which rose 16.23% or 62.00 points to trade at 444.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502) added 7.40% or 91.00 points to end at 1,320.00 and Astellas Pharma Inc. (T:4503) was up 5.24% or 104.50 points to 2,100.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which fell 4.65% or 180.00 points to trade at 3,690.00 at the close. Sony Corp (T:6758) declined 3.94% or 480.00 points to end at 11,715.00 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) was down 3.08% or 140.00 points to 4,410.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2431 to 1127 and 205 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 16.23% or 62.00 to 444.00. Shares in Astellas Pharma Inc. (T:4503) rose to 5-year highs; up 5.24% or 104.50 to 2,100.50.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 7.70% to 20.74.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 2.61% or 2.56 to $95.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 2.36% or 2.43 to hit $100.35 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 1.30 to trade at $1,944.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.74% to 125.24, while EUR/JPY rose 1.01% to 136.58.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 99.82.
