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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 Kobe Steel, Ltd. (TYO:5406), which rose 5.34% or 55.00 points to trade at 1,085.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (TYO:8306) added 4.68% or 38.50 points to end at 861.50 and Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8308) was up 4.14% or 26.30 points to 662.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Keio Corp. (TYO:9008), which fell 3.75% or 180.00 points to trade at 4,615.00 at the close. East Japan Railway Co. (TYO:9020) declined 2.37% or 177.00 points to end at 7,302.00 and CyberAgent Inc (TYO:4751) was down 2.01% or 22.00 points to 1,075.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2734 to 888 and 193 ended unchanged.
Shares in CyberAgent Inc (TYO:4751) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.01% or 22.00 to 1,075.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 15.64% to 21.52 a new 3-months high.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.32% or 0.94 to $72.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.23% or 0.95 to hit $78.40 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.47% or 8.90 to trade at $1,902.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.52% to 134.91, while EUR/JPY rose 0.57% to 144.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 103.32.
