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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.70%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755), which rose 2.58% or 13.40 points to trade at 533.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Kobe Steel, Ltd. (TYO:5406) added 2.38% or 32.00 points to end at 1,377.00 and Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (TYO:2802) was up 1.19% or 67.00 points to 5,694.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TDK Corp (TYO:6762), which fell 4.04% or 231.00 points to trade at 5,480.00 at the close. Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035) declined 3.92% or 835.00 points to end at 20,480.00 and DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:5714) was down 3.75% or 179.00 points to 4,591.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2887 to 780 and 190 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kobe Steel, Ltd. (TYO:5406) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.38% or 32.00 to 1,377.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.44% to 18.80.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.01% or 0.01 to $71.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.20% or 0.15 to hit $76.50 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.40 to trade at $1,926.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.64% to 143.71, while EUR/JPY fell 0.57% to 156.11.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 102.89.
