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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.34%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568), which rose 3.32% or 142.00 points to trade at 4,417.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:9101) added 2.77% or 93.00 points to end at 3,451.00 and Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO:9532) was up 1.86% or 40.00 points to 2,193.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO:9531), which fell 6.43% or 172.00 points to trade at 2,505.00 at the close. T&D Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8795) declined 5.90% or 126.00 points to end at 2,011.00 and Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803) was down 4.76% or 47.00 points to 941.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2586 to 976 and 265 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.15% to 16.32.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.55% or 0.42 to $75.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.42% or 0.35 to hit $82.70 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 2.10 to trade at $1,844.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.20% to 134.73, while EUR/JPY fell 0.12% to 143.55.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 104.05.
