Japanese stocks fell notably on Thursday, reversing the previous session's gains despite mostly positive Wall Street cues, with the Nikkei 225 down 317.93 points (0.49%) to 64,303.31. Among individual stocks, SoftBank Group lost almost 2%, Tokyo Electron more than 3%, Screen Holdings almost 6% and Resonac Holdings more than 9%, while SHIFT rose more than 9%, Trend Micro more than 7% and Sony more than 3%. On Wednesday, the Nasdaq gained 1.1% to 26,702.86, the Dow 0.7% to 52,856.09 and the S&P 500 0.6% to 7,757.17, while Germany's DAX rose 1.4%. WTI crude for December delivery fell 0.71% to $97.13 per barrel on reports of progress in Strait of Hormuz shipping, and the dollar traded in the lower 158 yen range.
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