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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were NTN Corp. (TYO:6472), which rose 4.44% or 12.00 points to trade at 282.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211) added 3.31% or 19.00 points to end at 593.00 and Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:7261) was up 3.23% or 33.00 points to 1,054.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CyberAgent Inc (TYO:4751), which fell 4.14% or 53.00 points to trade at 1,228.00 at the close. Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:4523) declined 3.25% or 327.00 points to end at 9,723.00 and Softbank Group Corp. (TYO:9984) was down 2.49% or 151.00 points to 5,917.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2115 to 1409 and 271 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 7.54% to 18.39.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.88% or 0.68 to $77.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.02% or 0.84 to hit $83.52 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 1.20 to trade at $1,782.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.40% to 137.29, while EUR/JPY rose 0.28% to 143.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 105.39.
