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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.77% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Keio Corp. (TYO:9008), which rose 5.50% or 245.00 points to trade at 4,700.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:2269) added 3.04% or 190.00 points to end at 6,450.00 and Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO:9532) was up 2.83% or 69.00 points to 2,505.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (TYO:5301), which fell 7.37% or 86.00 points to trade at 1,081.00 at the close. Showa Denko K.K. (TYO:4004) declined 6.29% or 162.00 points to end at 2,413.00 and SUMCO Corp. (TYO:3436) was down 5.88% or 118.00 points to 1,890.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2834 to 768 and 176 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.69% to 25.34.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.52% or 0.61 to $118.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.48% or 0.58 to hit $120.39 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.30 to trade at $1,850.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 1.52% to 134.21, while EUR/JPY rose 1.34% to 141.32.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 103.99.
