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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.13% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086), which rose 5.34% or 56.0 points to trade at 1104.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) added 5.30% or 17.0 points to end at 338.0 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) was up 5.19% or 16.0 points to 324.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which fell 8.42% or 490.0 points to trade at 5330.0 at the close. Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101) declined 8.07% or 670.0 points to end at 7630.0 and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) was down 7.19% or 540.0 points to 6970.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2268 to 1299 and 179 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 23.94.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.66% or 0.50 to $75.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.59% or 0.47 to hit $78.81 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 4.50 to trade at $1753.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.09% to 111.15, while EUR/JPY rose 0.17% to 128.94.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 94.058.
