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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984), which rose 4.40% or 283.0 points to trade at 6712.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (T:6305) added 4.33% or 140.0 points to end at 3375.0 and Keio Corp. (T:9008) was up 3.89% or 220.0 points to 5880.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7012), which fell 9.03% or 233.0 points to trade at 2347.0 at the close. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) declined 4.53% or 165.0 points to end at 3480.0 and Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004) was down 4.36% or 41.0 points to 900.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2101 to 1411 and 243 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.96.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.63% or 0.52 to $81.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.60% or 0.51 to hit $84.57 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.25% or 4.45 to trade at $1774.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.09% to 114.46, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 133.02.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 93.843.
