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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.87% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107), which rose 2.58% or 68.00 points to trade at 2,700.00 at the close. Meanwhile, J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:3086) added 0.87% or 10.00 points to end at 1,164.00 and Keio Corp. (TYO:9008) was up 0.80% or 40.00 points to 5,010.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035), which fell 4.47% or 2,050.00 points to trade at 43,780.00 at the close. Hitachi Zosen Corp. (TYO:7004) declined 4.05% or 35.00 points to end at 830.00 and CyberAgent Inc (TYO:4751) was down 3.87% or 47.00 points to 1,169.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2705 to 886 and 219 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.68% to 16.31 a new 52-week low.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.30% or 0.23 to $75.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.14% or 0.11 to hit $81.10 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 2.60 to trade at $1,790.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.31% to 137.34, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 146.38.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 104.00.
