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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:7003), which rose 12.21% or 135.00 points to trade at 1,241.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Aozora Bank, Ltd. (TYO:8304) added 5.64% or 114.00 points to end at 2,136.00 and Obayashi Corp. (TYO:1802) was up 5.49% or 75.00 points to 1,440.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6098), which fell 3.25% or 202.00 points to trade at 6,008.00 at the close. Konica Minolta, Inc. (TYO:4902) declined 3.19% or 15.60 points to end at 473.60 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) was down 3.19% or 224.00 points to 6,796.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2928 to 818 and 141 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:7003) rose to 3-years highs; rising 12.21% or 135.00 to 1,241.00. Shares in Obayashi Corp. (TYO:1802) rose to 5-year highs; up 5.49% or 75.00 to 1,440.50.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 10.32% to 21.60.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.73% or 0.57 to $77.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.71% or 0.59 to hit $82.88 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 8.95 to trade at $2,033.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.13% to 150.01, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 161.74.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 104.12.
