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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.00%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (T:7911), which rose 5.38% or 98.0 points to trade at 1920.0 at the close. Meanwhile, NH Foods Ltd (T:2282) added 2.42% or 95.0 points to end at 4020.0 and Hitachi Ltd (T:6501) was up 2.17% or 139.0 points to 6540.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303), which fell 5.84% or 116.0 points to trade at 1870.0 at the close. Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (T:6098) declined 5.45% or 398.0 points to end at 6911.0 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) was down 4.62% or 16.0 points to 330.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2616 to 930 and 226 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.03.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.16% or 0.11 to $70.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.27% or 0.20 to hit $74.22 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 4.55 to trade at $1772.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.15% to 113.61, while EUR/JPY rose 0.14% to 128.27.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 96.273.
