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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.81% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Z Holdings Corp (TYO:4689), which rose 5.64% or 20.70 points to trade at 387.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:3382) added 2.90% or 174.00 points to end at 6,174.00 and Inpex Corp. (TYO:1605) was up 2.58% or 42.00 points to 1,668.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:4523), which fell 4.14% or 366.00 points to trade at 8,484.00 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735) declined 3.74% or 590.00 points to end at 15,205.00 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035) was down 3.33% or 670.00 points to 19,445.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2607 to 1014 and 228 ended unchanged.
Shares in Inpex Corp. (TYO:1605) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.58% or 42.00 to 1,668.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.29% to 21.13.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.07% or 0.05 to $74.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $79.44 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 2.80 to trade at $1,939.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.47% to 139.71, while EUR/JPY fell 0.28% to 154.08.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 101.14.
