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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.84% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (TYO:8303), which rose 6.96% or 135.00 points to trade at 2,075.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Unitika, Ltd. (TYO:3103) added 2.41% or 7.00 points to end at 298.00 and Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (TYO:6703) was up 1.84% or 13.00 points to 718.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:7261), which fell 8.17% or 85.00 points to trade at 956.00 at the close. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211) declined 7.99% or 45.00 points to end at 518.00 and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (TYO:7201) was down 6.31% or 31.00 points to 460.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2841 to 751 and 171 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.94% to 25.03.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.91% or 0.74 to $81.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.97% or 0.85 to hit $88.03 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.65% or 10.85 to trade at $1,679.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 144.38, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 141.65.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 111.93.
