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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803), which rose 5.72% or 59.00 points to trade at 1,091.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:4523) added 5.61% or 465.00 points to end at 8,753.00 and Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (TYO:5541) was up 4.26% or 79.00 points to 1,932.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:7762), which fell 6.71% or 40.00 points to trade at 556.00 at the close. Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6098) declined 6.67% or 327.00 points to end at 4,573.00 and Dentsu Inc. (TYO:4324) was down 5.96% or 280.00 points to 4,415.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2019 to 1541 and 248 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.17% to 19.87 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.27% or 0.23 to $85.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.09% or 0.08 to hit $93.22 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 4.60 to trade at $1,781.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.43% to 139.27, while EUR/JPY rose 0.15% to 144.65.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 106.19.
