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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.94%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707), which rose 5.86% or 158.0 points to trade at 2855.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) added 4.43% or 87.0 points to end at 2051.0 and Mazda Motor Corp (T:7261) was up 3.75% or 36.0 points to 996.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086), which fell 5.22% or 56.0 points to trade at 1017.0 at the close. Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) declined 4.34% or 220.0 points to end at 4850.0 and Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) was down 3.96% or 306.0 points to 7419.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2677 to 851 and 208 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.19.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.15% or 0.12 to $80.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.20% or 0.17 to hit $83.48 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.65% or 11.35 to trade at $1767.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.29% to 113.62, while EUR/JPY rose 0.16% to 131.08.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 94.507.
