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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 2.17%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568), which rose 7.68% or 215.5 points to trade at 3020.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Central Japan Railway Co. (T:9022) added 3.15% or 500.0 points to end at 16365.0 and West Japan Railway Co. (T:9021) was up 2.77% or 140.0 points to 5192.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TOTO Ltd. (T:5332), which fell 6.06% or 360.0 points to trade at 5580.0 at the close. Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (T:6305) declined 5.48% or 185.0 points to end at 3190.0 and Komatsu Ltd. (T:6301) was down 5.35% or 153.5 points to 2714.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3100 to 547 and 126 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.08.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.27% or 0.89 to $71.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.08% or 0.80 to hit $74.72 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.17% or 3.05 to trade at $1760.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.27% to 109.68, while EUR/JPY rose 0.27% to 128.61.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 93.207.
