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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.05% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (T:5232), which rose 12.56% or 385.0 points to trade at 3450.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (T:5233) added 7.42% or 166.0 points to end at 2402.0 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) was up 6.03% or 21.0 points to 369.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211), which fell 7.86% or 25.0 points to trade at 293.0 at the close. Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4502) declined 6.36% or 227.0 points to end at 3340.0 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) was down 5.60% or 300.0 points to 5060.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1862 to 1653 and 219 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 23.88.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.44% or 0.35 to $79.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.29% or 0.24 to hit $82.95 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.54% or 9.55 to trade at $1751.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.15% to 111.61, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 129.12.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 94.230.
