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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Z Holdings Corp (TYO:4689), which rose 4.40% or 21.90 points to trade at 519.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Softbank Group Corp. (TYO:9984) added 4.13% or 206.00 points to end at 5,195.00 and Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:3099) was up 3.36% or 31.00 points to 953.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (TYO:5713), which fell 6.83% or 401.00 points to trade at 5,468.00 at the close. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4519) declined 6.36% or 262.00 points to end at 3,860.00 and DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:5714) was down 4.05% or 230.00 points to 5,450.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2108 to 1369 and 273 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 20.33% to 27.40 a new 1-month high.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.06% or 0.06 to $98.60 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.29% or 0.30 to hit $102.46 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 3.00 to trade at $1,899.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.20% to 127.86, while EUR/JPY fell 0.35% to 136.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 101.82.
