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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.58%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc (T:8750), which rose 2.27% or 54.50 points to trade at 2,451.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Keio Corp. (T:9008) added 2.05% or 100.00 points to end at 4,985.00 and Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd (T:5019) was up 1.67% or 55.00 points to 3,355.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which fell 6.08% or 460.00 points to trade at 7,110.00 at the close. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) declined 5.25% or 170.00 points to end at 3,070.00 and Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101) was down 5.20% or 520.00 points to 9,480.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2795 to 772 and 197 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 11.99% to 18.72 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.47% or 0.48 to $102.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.63% or 0.67 to hit $107.31 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.42% or 8.00 to trade at $1,919.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.21% to 123.86, while EUR/JPY rose 0.06% to 134.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 99.65.
