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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7011), which rose 6.56% or 146.0 points to trade at 2370.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Bridgestone Corp. (T:5108) added 6.01% or 205.0 points to end at 3618.0 and The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (T:5101) was up 4.94% or 75.0 points to 1592.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (T:6305), which fell 16.78% or 615.0 points to trade at 3050.0 at the close. Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) declined 3.09% or 23.0 points to end at 722.0 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) was down 2.74% or 800.0 points to 28450.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1767 to 1709 and 233 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.03.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.54% or 0.22 to $40.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.54% or 0.23 to hit $42.23 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.25% or 4.75 to trade at $1909.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 104.75, while EUR/JPY fell 0.07% to 123.78.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 92.930.
