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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Hino Motors, Ltd. (TYO:7205), which rose 3.16% or 18.70 points to trade at 611.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Panasonic Corp (TYO:6752) added 2.99% or 50.50 points to end at 1,738.00 and Minebea Mitsumi Inc (TYO:6479) was up 2.77% or 71.00 points to 2,634.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857), which fell 5.79% or 1,215.00 points to trade at 19,775.00 at the close. Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035) declined 5.62% or 1,150.00 points to end at 19,300.00 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735) was down 4.87% or 760.00 points to 14,840.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2086 to 1460 and 295 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.96% to 20.01.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.98% or 0.74 to $76.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.94% or 0.75 to hit $80.39 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 1.05 to trade at $1,969.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.60% to 140.91, while EUR/JPY rose 0.62% to 156.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 100.61.
