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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.06%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were TOTO Ltd. (TYO:5332), which rose 6.03% or 270.00 points to trade at 4,745.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:4911) added 5.23% or 295.00 points to end at 5,933.00 and NTT Data Corp. (TYO:9613) was up 2.52% or 51.00 points to 2,078.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:5714), which fell 14.21% or 700.00 points to trade at 4,225.00 at the close. Softbank Group Corp. (TYO:9984) declined 12.73% or 885.00 points to end at 6,068.00 and Olympus Corp. (TYO:7733) was down 10.81% or 334.50 points to 2,758.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2286 to 1304 and 212 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 6.45% to 20.31 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.26% or 0.23 to $88.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.18% or 0.17 to hit $95.82 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.17% or 2.95 to trade at $1,766.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.41% to 139.37, while EUR/JPY rose 0.13% to 143.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 106.66.
