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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Canon Inc (T:7751), which rose 8.39% or 174.0 points to trade at 2248.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Seiko Epson Cor (T:6724) added 7.32% or 118.0 points to end at 1729.0 and J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086) was up 5.08% or 43.0 points to 890.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (T:7202), which fell 3.82% or 39.0 points to trade at 981.0 at the close. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7011) declined 3.39% or 113.0 points to end at 3218.0 and Hino Motors, Ltd. (T:7205) was down 3.38% or 31.0 points to 885.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2413 to 1167 and 173 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.93.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.86% or 0.46 to $53.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.24% or 0.70 to hit $55.72 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.90 to trade at $1849.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 103.69, while EUR/JPY fell 0.20% to 125.92.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 90.290.
