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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.40% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107), which rose 11.31% or 1,000.00 points to trade at 9,840.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:9101) added 4.02% or 400.00 points to end at 10,360.00 and Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6098) was up 3.45% or 160.00 points to 4,800.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501), which fell 8.30% or 47.00 points to trade at 519.00 at the close. Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9502) declined 2.75% or 38.00 points to end at 1,346.00 and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568) was down 2.74% or 99.00 points to 3,509.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1911 to 1523 and 350 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.84% to 20.52 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.51% or 0.49 to $96.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.53% or 0.55 to hit $104.41 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 1.15 to trade at $1,714.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.21% to 137.66, while EUR/JPY fell 0.60% to 139.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 107.13.
