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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 unchanged 0.00%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which rose 2.82% or 340.0 points to trade at 12400.0 at the close. Meanwhile, NTN Corp. (T:6472) added 2.60% or 6.0 points to end at 237.0 and Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004) was up 2.55% or 20.0 points to 804.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mitsubishi Electric Corp (T:6503), which fell 2.31% or 35.0 points to trade at 1481.0 at the close. Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp (T:9432) declined 2.16% or 69.0 points to end at 3130.0 and Keio Corp. (T:9008) was down 2.12% or 110.0 points to 5070.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1946 to 1579 and 294 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) rose to all time highs; rising 2.82% or 340.0 to 12400.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.01.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.32% or 0.96 to $73.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.10% or 0.08 to hit $76.52 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.25 to trade at $1810.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.02% to 114.39, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 129.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 96.035.
