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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Unitika, Ltd. (TYO:3103), which rose 7.33% or 20.00 points to trade at 293.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (TYO:5541) added 5.69% or 132.00 points to end at 2,450.00 and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (TYO:5301) was up 4.78% or 48.00 points to 1,053.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107), which fell 3.28% or 250.00 points to trade at 7,380.00 at the close. Konami Corp. (TYO:9766) declined 2.74% or 190.00 points to end at 6,740.00 and Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (TYO:8804) was down 1.98% or 43.00 points to 2,133.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2052 to 1492 and 259 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.16% to 21.02.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.46% or 0.39 to $85.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.63% or 0.58 to hit $92.58 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 3.25 to trade at $1,681.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.20% to 143.49, while EUR/JPY rose 0.27% to 143.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 109.32.
