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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Unitika, Ltd. (TYO:3103), which rose 7.47% or 18.00 points to trade at 259.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (TYO:5707) added 4.19% or 102.00 points to end at 2,535.00 and Hitachi Zosen Corp. (TYO:7004) was up 3.08% or 27.00 points to 905.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501), which fell 4.36% or 23.00 points to trade at 505.00 at the close. Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755) declined 2.82% or 19.00 points to end at 654.00 and Chiyoda Corp. (TYO:6366) was down 1.85% or 8.00 points to 424.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1770 to 1638 and 350 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 10.91% to 23.18 a new 1-month high.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.59% or 2.25 to $89.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.20% or 0.19 to hit $95.55 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 2.60 to trade at $1,725.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.80% to 141.71, while EUR/JPY rose 1.26% to 141.32.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 109.54.
