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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.88%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Olympus Corp. (T:7733), which rose 3.72% or 56.0 points to trade at 1562.0 at the close. Meanwhile, The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631) added 3.24% or 41.0 points to end at 1308.0 and Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (T:8804) was up 2.87% or 32.0 points to 1147.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411), which fell 8.34% or 64.0 points to trade at 703.0 at the close. The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (T:5101) declined 7.82% or 114.0 points to end at 1343.0 and Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) was down 7.70% or 215.5 points to 2584.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2195 to 1450 and 127 ended unchanged.
Shares in JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411) fell to all time lows; down 8.34% or 64.0 to 703.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 55.79.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 5.18% or 1.04 to $21.13 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.32% or 0.35 to hit $26.77 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 5.70 to trade at $1637.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.61% to 108.47, while EUR/JPY rose 0.16% to 119.30.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 99.573.
