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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (TYO:9147), which rose 6.52% or 460.00 points to trade at 7,520.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (TYO:5713) added 5.20% or 200.00 points to end at 4,043.00 and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7011) was up 5.05% or 241.00 points to 5,014.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Otsuka Holdings Ltd (TYO:4578), which fell 2.42% or 121.00 points to trade at 4,879.00 at the close. Subaru Corp (TYO:7270) declined 2.23% or 51.50 points to end at 2,253.00 and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568) was down 2.22% or 78.00 points to 3,443.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1809 to 1688 and 276 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 6.42% to 22.43.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.19% or 0.20 to $102.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.18% or 0.19 to hit $104.84 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 2.45 to trade at $1,737.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.11% to 135.82, while EUR/JPY fell 0.62% to 137.28.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 107.32.
