At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.53%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Rakuten Inc (T:4755), which rose 7.53% or 74.0 points to trade at 1057.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) added 6.75% or 16.0 points to end at 253.0 and Dentsu Inc. (T:4324) was up 6.74% or 215.0 points to 3405.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CyberAgent Inc (T:4751), which fell 9.19% or 690.0 points to trade at 6820.0 at the close. Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) declined 4.62% or 2030.0 points to end at 41870.0 and Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702) was down 4.54% or 750.0 points to 15780.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2191 to 1346 and 194 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.31.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.81% or 0.43 to $52.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.83% or 0.46 to hit $55.07 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.67% or 12.45 to trade at $1832.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.25% to 104.36, while EUR/JPY rose 0.06% to 126.12.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 90.828.
