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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107), which rose 6.66% or 342.00 points to trade at 5,480.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:9101) added 6.24% or 244.00 points to end at 4,155.00 and CyberAgent Inc (TYO:4751) was up 4.75% or 38.10 points to 840.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:7003), which fell 4.54% or 28.00 points to trade at 589.00 at the close. Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (TYO:7912) declined 3.46% or 146.00 points to end at 4,069.00 and Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6098) was down 3.42% or 202.00 points to 5,713.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2376 to 1279 and 230 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.72% to 17.34.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.84% or 0.60 to $72.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.74% or 0.57 to hit $77.12 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 1.40 to trade at $2,037.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.10% to 142.29, while EUR/JPY rose 0.27% to 155.33.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 102.08.
