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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.85%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:4523), which rose 7.37% or 707.00 points to trade at 10,305.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (TYO:6703) added 4.62% or 38.00 points to end at 861.00 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) was up 3.55% or 114.00 points to 3,325.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:7762), which fell 7.30% or 65.00 points to trade at 825.00 at the close. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO:6976) declined 3.40% or 150.00 points to end at 4,260.00 and Trend Micro Inc. (TYO:4704) was down 3.36% or 235.00 points to 6,760.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2479 to 1093 and 250 ended unchanged.
Shares in Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:4523) rose to 52-week highs; up 7.37% or 707.00 to 10,305.00. Shares in Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (TYO:6703) rose to 52-week highs; up 4.62% or 38.00 to 861.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.03% to 21.15.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.28% or 0.20 to $72.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.25% or 0.19 to hit $77.14 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.10% or 2.05 to trade at $1,960.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.24% to 139.80, while EUR/JPY fell 0.20% to 149.63.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 104.00.
