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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 NTN Corp. (TYO:6472), which rose 12.60% or 33.00 points to trade at 295.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Z Holdings Corp (TYO:4689) added 12.21% or 45.70 points to end at 420.10 and Sony Corp (TYO:6758) was up 6.18% or 710.00 points to 12,200.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hino Motors, Ltd. (TYO:7205), which fell 4.42% or 25.00 points to trade at 541.00 at the close. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211) declined 3.76% or 19.00 points to end at 486.00 and Oji Holdings Corp. (TYO:3861) was down 3.72% or 20.00 points to 517.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2212 to 1326 and 278 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.39% to 17.55.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.46% or 0.35 to $75.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.38% or 0.31 to hit $81.86 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 3.90 to trade at $1,926.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.03% to 128.62, while EUR/JPY fell 0.24% to 140.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 101.76.
