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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (TYO:3863), which rose 15.00% or 166.00 points to trade at 1,273.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Trend Micro Inc. (TYO:4704) added 2.94% or 190.00 points to end at 6,650.00 and Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:5631) was up 2.91% or 80.00 points to 2,830.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Toyota Motor Corp (TYO:7203), which fell 4.77% or 93.00 points to trade at 1,857.00 at the close. J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:3086) declined 3.25% or 48.00 points to end at 1,427.00 and Kobe Steel, Ltd. (TYO:5406) was down 2.82% or 31.00 points to 1,070.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2734 to 887 and 227 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (TYO:3863) rose to 52-week highs; up 15.00% or 166.00 to 1,273.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.43% to 18.98.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.08% or 0.06 to $71.99 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $75.93 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.85% or 16.85 to trade at $1,960.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.19% to 138.34, while EUR/JPY fell 0.29% to 149.43.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 103.20.
