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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.50% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:4523), which rose 17.29% or 1,000.00 points to trade at 6,784.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Shizuoka Bank Ltd (TYO:8355) added 4.96% or 42.00 points to end at 889.00 and Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (TYO:3863) was up 3.25% or 29.00 points to 920.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:5202), which fell 5.07% or 28.00 points to trade at 524.00 at the close. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211) declined 4.85% or 29.00 points to end at 569.00 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) was down 4.57% or 320.00 points to 6,680.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2344 to 1252 and 202 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.59% to 24.48.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.91% or 1.50 to $77.00 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.73% or 1.47 to hit $83.40 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.73% or 11.95 to trade at $1,624.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 144.62, while EUR/JPY fell 0.42% to 138.26.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 114.46.
