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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.79%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752), which rose 3.20% or 33.0 points to trade at 1064.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) added 2.10% or 46.0 points to end at 2234.0 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) was up 1.95% or 6.0 points to 314.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519), which fell 5.20% or 198.0 points to trade at 3612.0 at the close. CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) declined 4.99% or 101.0 points to end at 1925.0 and Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702) was down 4.39% or 890.0 points to 19370.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2677 to 873 and 234 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.24.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.84% or 0.61 to $71.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.72% or 0.54 to hit $74.48 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.58% or 10.50 to trade at $1808.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 113.61, while EUR/JPY fell 0.11% to 128.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 95.995.
