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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kobe Steel, Ltd. (TYO:5406), which rose 4.78% or 40.00 points to trade at 877.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) added 4.29% or 212.00 points to end at 5,148.00 and Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp (TYO:4188) was up 3.72% or 28.90 points to 805.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755), which fell 5.17% or 37.00 points to trade at 679.00 at the close. Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6098) declined 3.95% or 158.00 points to end at 3,841.00 and Okuma Corp. (TYO:6103) was down 2.63% or 140.00 points to 5,180.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2098 to 1425 and 293 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kobe Steel, Ltd. (TYO:5406) rose to 52-week highs; up 4.78% or 40.00 to 877.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.43% to 15.14 a new 3-years low.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.34% or 1.05 to $77.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.23% or 1.05 to hit $84.09 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.09% or 20.15 to trade at $1,831.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.62% to 134.77, while EUR/JPY rose 0.32% to 143.35.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 104.36.
