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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.96%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501), which rose 4.89% or 20.0 points to trade at 429.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Canon Inc (T:7751) added 4.36% or 97.0 points to end at 2322.0 and Seiko Epson Cor (T:6724) was up 4.09% or 68.0 points to 1730.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which fell 6.04% or 119.0 points to trade at 1852.0 at the close. JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411) declined 5.48% or 55.0 points to end at 948.0 and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713) was down 5.35% or 273.0 points to 4830.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2191 to 1320 and 220 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.90.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.49% or 0.26 to $52.51 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.54% or 0.30 to hit $55.38 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 3.50 to trade at $1851.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.04% to 103.78, while EUR/JPY fell 0.12% to 125.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 90.517.
