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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 Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:4523), which rose 5.18% or 495.00 points to trade at 10,050.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:9983) added 3.11% or 2,530.00 points to end at 83,890.00 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (TYO:6506) was up 3.09% or 140.00 points to 4,665.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were T&D Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8795), which fell 3.16% or 50.00 points to trade at 1,531.00 at the close. Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (TYO:6703) declined 3.14% or 23.00 points to end at 709.00 and Nikon Corp. (TYO:7731) was down 3.10% or 40.00 points to 1,250.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2279 to 1259 and 280 ended unchanged.
Shares in Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:4523) rose to 52-week highs; rising 5.18% or 495.00 to 10,050.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.57% to 19.89.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.89% or 0.71 to $80.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.77% or 0.66 to hit $86.23 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.25% or 4.55 to trade at $1,814.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.42% to 134.87, while EUR/JPY rose 0.67% to 142.49.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 104.30.
