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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which rose 11.34% or 257.0 points to trade at 2523.0 at the close. Meanwhile, TDK Corp (T:6762) added 11.22% or 460.0 points to end at 4560.0 and NEC Corp. (T:6701) was up 11.01% or 490.0 points to 4940.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NSK Ltd. (T:6471), which fell 10.68% or 83.0 points to trade at 694.0 at the close. Toray Industries, Inc. (T:3402) declined 10.08% or 73.1 points to end at 652.0 and NTN Corp. (T:6472) was down 6.99% or 16.0 points to 213.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1805 to 1759 and 215 ended unchanged.
Shares in NSK Ltd. (T:6471) fell to 52-week lows; losing 10.68% or 83.0 to 694.0. Shares in Toray Industries, Inc. (T:3402) fell to 52-week lows; falling 10.08% or 73.1 to 652.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 25.22.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.07% or 0.06 to $88.21 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.06% or 0.05 to hit $89.31 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.47% or 8.40 to trade at $1803.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.12% to 114.96, while EUR/JPY fell 0.02% to 129.26.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 96.505.
