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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.96%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which rose 8.22% or 790.0 points to trade at 10400.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Advantest Corp. (T:6857) added 5.03% or 460.0 points to end at 9600.0 and Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (T:9531) was up 3.75% or 70.5 points to 1952.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506), which fell 15.39% or 300.0 points to trade at 1649.0 at the close. Fanuc Corp. (T:6954) declined 8.66% or 2110.0 points to end at 22250.0 and Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702) was down 8.14% or 1770.0 points to 19985.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1856 to 1632 and 244 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.04.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.14% or 0.94 to $81.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.09% or 0.91 to hit $82.96 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 5.65 to trade at $1804.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.11% to 113.68, while EUR/JPY fell 0.11% to 131.93.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 93.828.
