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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nitto Denko Co (T:6988), which rose 4.55% or 230.0 points to trade at 5290.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Nippon Meat Packers, Inc. (T:2282) added 3.81% or 140.0 points to end at 3815.0 and Sony Financial Holdings Inc. (T:8729) was up 3.70% or 73.0 points to 2048.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp (T:4188), which fell 5.60% or 36.4 points to trade at 614.1 at the close. Kyocera Corp. (T:6971) declined 4.84% or 288.0 points to end at 5665.0 and Kao Corp. (T:4452) was down 3.32% or 291.0 points to 8473.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2254 to 1318 and 187 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 34.86 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 19.48% or 2.49 to $10.29 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 4.90% or 1.13 to hit $21.94 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.66% or 11.30 to trade at $1712.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 107.11, while EUR/JPY fell 0.10% to 115.98.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 100.125.
