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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.05% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Hitachi Zosen Corp. (TYO:7004), which rose 4.46% or 37.00 points to trade at 867.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (TYO:8354) added 2.01% or 54.00 points to end at 2,742.00 and Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8308) was up 1.96% or 12.50 points to 650.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:7261), which fell 3.13% or 34.00 points to trade at 1,052.00 at the close. Daikin Industries, Ltd. (TYO:6367) declined 2.93% or 645.00 points to end at 21,400.00 and Inpex Corp. (TYO:1605) was down 2.86% or 42.00 points to 1,426.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2269 to 1269 and 286 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 8.89% to 17.76.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.66% or 0.49 to $74.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.58% or 0.46 to hit $79.50 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 2.65 to trade at $1,802.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.57% to 135.91, while EUR/JPY fell 0.10% to 144.51.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 104.07.
