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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (T:9531), which rose 3.63% or 94.5 points to trade at 2695.0 at the close. Meanwhile, J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086) added 3.11% or 21.0 points to end at 697.0 and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) was up 2.98% or 251.0 points to 8666.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nikon Corp. (T:7731), which fell 7.15% or 65.0 points to trade at 844.0 at the close. CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) declined 7.10% or 440.0 points to end at 5760.0 and DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) was down 4.65% or 62.0 points to 1270.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2041 to 1486 and 185 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.98.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.65% or 0.27 to $41.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.71% or 0.31 to hit $43.47 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.75% or 33.15 to trade at $1930.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.53% to 105.56, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 123.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 93.963.
