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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which rose 10.46% or 39.0 points to trade at 412.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) added 7.21% or 15.0 points to end at 223.0 and Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) was up 7.14% or 92.0 points to 1380.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yamaha Corp. (T:7951), which fell 4.45% or 270.0 points to trade at 5800.0 at the close. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) declined 2.68% or 8.0 points to end at 290.0 and Rakuten Inc (T:4755) was down 2.06% or 21.0 points to 999.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1855 to 1643 and 230 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 19.53.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.46% or 0.22 to $47.40 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.51% or 0.26 to hit $50.50 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 4.35 to trade at $1859.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.20% to 103.45, while EUR/JPY fell 0.06% to 125.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 90.310.
