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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toho Co., Ltd. (TYO:9602), which rose 6.14% or 305.00 points to trade at 5,270.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501) added 5.26% or 32.00 points to end at 640.00 and IHI Corp. (TYO:7013) was up 3.12% or 110.00 points to 3,635.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8766), which fell 3.24% or 266.00 points to trade at 7,940.00 at the close. Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:1332) declined 2.00% or 12.00 points to end at 587.00 and Inpex Corp. (TYO:1605) was down 1.66% or 23.00 points to 1,366.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2189 to 1228 and 334 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.12% to 23.12.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.04% or 1.00 to $96.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.13% or 1.12 to hit $100.61 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.50 to trade at $1,723.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.19% to 137.12, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 137.27.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 108.18.
