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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.14% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (TYO:5232), which rose 3.76% or 130.00 points to trade at 3,585.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp (TYO:4188) added 2.32% or 18.20 points to end at 801.80 and Denka Co Ltd (TYO:4061) was up 1.68% or 55.00 points to 3,320.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chiyoda Corp. (TYO:6366), which fell 5.50% or 26.00 points to trade at 447.00 at the close. Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:3099) declined 5.20% or 57.00 points to end at 1,040.00 and Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO:9532) was down 5.10% or 130.00 points to 2,420.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2909 to 659 and 186 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.97% to 26.04.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.01% or 0.01 to $118.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.04% or 0.05 to hit $121.22 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.59% or 10.75 to trade at $1,824.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.65% to 134.59, while EUR/JPY rose 0.07% to 141.18.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.60% at 104.71.
