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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.28%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983), which rose 8.07% or 4770.0 points to trade at 63910.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:3382) added 4.88% or 240.0 points to end at 5161.0 and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) was up 1.39% or 130.0 points to 9500.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (T:6305), which fell 16.99% or 609.0 points to trade at 2976.0 at the close. Toyota Tsusho Corp. (T:8015) declined 5.68% or 310.0 points to end at 5150.0 and Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (T:4021) was down 5.14% or 340.0 points to 6280.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2661 to 914 and 208 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.39% to 19.70.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.02% or 0.02 to $82.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.26% or 0.22 to hit $84.69 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 5.70 to trade at $1827.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.39% to 113.73, while EUR/JPY fell 0.28% to 130.40.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 94.725.
