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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.74%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689), which rose 4.30% or 19.0 points to trade at 461.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Toyobo Co., Ltd. (T:3101) added 2.48% or 37.0 points to end at 1529.0 and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519) was up 2.46% or 390.0 points to 16245.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681), which fell 5.73% or 50.0 points to trade at 822.0 at the close. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) declined 4.24% or 25.0 points to end at 565.0 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) was down 3.99% or 155.0 points to 3730.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3050 to 586 and 78 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 26.91.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 3.44% or 1.25 to $35.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 3.19% or 1.23 to hit $37.32 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.75 to trade at $1738.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.26% to 107.12, while EUR/JPY rose 0.38% to 121.17.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 96.705.
