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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:5631), which rose 4.10% or 122.00 points to trade at 3,095.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nichirei Corp. (TYO:2871) added 4.04% or 105.00 points to end at 2,706.00 and Konami Corp. (TYO:9766) was up 3.23% or 210.00 points to 6,720.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were T&D Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8795), which fell 4.08% or 63.00 points to trade at 1,480.00 at the close. Olympus Corp. (TYO:7733) declined 4.06% or 114.50 points to end at 2,704.00 and Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc (TYO:8750) was down 3.62% or 88.00 points to 2,346.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1823 to 1672 and 304 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.03% to 18.87 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.64% or 0.56 to $86.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.47% or 0.44 to hit $93.42 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.55 to trade at $1,777.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.31% to 139.71, while EUR/JPY rose 0.65% to 145.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 106.29.
