Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2039 to 1488 and 281 ended unchanged. Shares in Tobu Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO: 9001 ) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.46% or 75.00 to 3,120.00. The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.14% to 20.08 a new 1-month low. Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.87% or 0.82 to $93.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.82% or 0.81 to hit $97.57 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.75 to trade at $1,725.65 a troy ounce. USD/JPY was up 0.21% to 136.34, while EUR/JPY rose 0.16% to 139.13. The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 106.55.