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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.54%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Taisei Corp. (TYO:1801), which rose 1.68% or 70.00 points to trade at 4,225.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Kajima Corp. (TYO:1812) added 1.57% or 24.00 points to end at 1,557.00 and Keio Corp. (TYO:9008) was up 1.25% or 60.00 points to 4,855.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735), which fell 5.37% or 520.00 points to trade at 9,170.00 at the close. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO:6976) declined 4.65% or 225.00 points to end at 4,610.00 and IHI Corp. (TYO:7013) was down 4.35% or 165.00 points to 3,630.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2498 to 1053 and 227 ended unchanged.
Shares in Taisei Corp. (TYO:1801) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.68% or 70.00 to 4,225.00. Shares in Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO:6976) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.65% or 225.00 to 4,610.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.18% to 22.66.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.30% or 0.33 to $109.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.20% or 0.22 to hit $112.23 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.15 to trade at $1,817.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.33% to 136.13, while EUR/JPY fell 0.20% to 142.29.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 104.74.
