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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.86%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were CyberAgent Inc (T:4751), which rose 3.10% or 60.0 points to trade at 1993.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Toyota Motor Corp (T:7203) added 3.04% or 254.0 points to end at 8616.0 and Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) was up 1.72% or 158.0 points to 9330.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hitachi Ltd (T:6501), which fell 7.30% or 394.0 points to trade at 5004.0 at the close. Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303) declined 5.14% or 97.0 points to end at 1789.0 and Nikon Corp. (T:7731) was down 5.13% or 56.0 points to 1035.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2222 to 1330 and 182 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 23.12.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.58% or 0.35 to $60.90 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.56% or 0.36 to hit $64.53 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 0.85 to trade at $1685.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.29% to 110.67, while EUR/JPY rose 0.50% to 129.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 93.227.
