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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 2.84%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (T:9531), which rose 3.77% or 89.0 points to trade at 2447.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Nichirei Corp. (T:2871) added 1.82% or 49.0 points to end at 2735.0 and Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) was up 1.67% or 7.0 points to 426.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104), which fell 9.09% or 172.0 points to trade at 1721.0 at the close. Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (T:9009) declined 9.05% or 295.0 points to end at 2965.0 and Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) was down 8.01% or 90.0 points to 1033.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2921 to 713 and 134 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 31.39 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 1.43% or 0.27 to $19.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.26% or 0.07 to hit $26.41 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.94% or 15.90 to trade at $1678.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.13% to 107.03, while EUR/JPY fell 0.18% to 117.19.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 99.157.
