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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Hitachi Ltd (TYO:6501), which rose 4.49% or 301.00 points to trade at 7,007.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) added 3.66% or 350.00 points to end at 9,920.00 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735) was up 3.48% or 350.00 points to 10,410.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4005), which fell 8.47% or 42.00 points to trade at 454.00 at the close. SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. (TYO:9412) declined 5.67% or 28.00 points to end at 466.00 and Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (TYO:2802) was down 4.47% or 184.00 points to 3,933.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2168 to 1364 and 274 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4005) fell to 52-week lows; losing 8.47% or 42.00 to 454.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.00% to 17.14.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.65% or 0.50 to $76.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.62% or 0.51 to hit $83.35 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.49% or 28.90 to trade at $1,971.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.27% to 128.59, while EUR/JPY fell 0.10% to 141.54.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 100.81.
