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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8308), which rose 4.08% or 24.50 points to trade at 624.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Otsuka Holdings Ltd (TYO:4578) added 3.04% or 122.00 points to end at 4,140.00 and Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (TYO:5541) was up 2.83% or 53.00 points to 1,925.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Konami Corp. (TYO:9766), which fell 2.08% or 130.00 points to trade at 6,120.00 at the close. SoftBank Group Corp. (TYO:9984) declined 1.39% or 69.00 points to end at 4,888.00 and Central Japan Railway Co. (TYO:9022) was down 1.38% or 220.00 points to 15,735.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2202 to 1320 and 302 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.37% to 19.01.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.40% or 0.29 to $73.10 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.18% or 0.14 to hit $77.90 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 2.80 to trade at $1,974.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.42% to 131.01, while EUR/JPY fell 0.14% to 141.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 102.22.
