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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7011), which rose 2.76% or 223.00 points to trade at 8,307.00 at the close. Meanwhile, IHI Corp. (TYO:7013) added 2.39% or 85.00 points to end at 3,646.00 and Kyocera Corp. (TYO:6971) was up 2.33% or 170.00 points to 7,465.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501), which fell 1.94% or 12.60 points to trade at 638.10 at the close. Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (TYO:8233) declined 1.94% or 43.00 points to end at 2,170.50 and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506) was down 1.76% or 9.50 points to 531.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1925 to 1650 and 290 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7011) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.76% or 223.00 to 8,307.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.12% to 18.00.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.53% or 0.43 to $81.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.42% or 0.36 to hit $85.27 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 2.25 to trade at $1,962.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.41% to 146.48, while EUR/JPY rose 0.27% to 159.13.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 103.59.
