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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which rose 8.38% or 290.00 points to trade at 3,750.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) added 8.09% or 220.00 points to end at 2,940.00 and Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706) was up 5.80% or 190.00 points to 3,465.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (T:9531), which fell 2.89% or 67.00 points to trade at 2,252.00 at the close. JTEKT Corp. (T:6473) declined 2.85% or 27.00 points to end at 920.00 and Dentsu Inc. (T:4324) was down 2.78% or 135.00 points to 4,725.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2360 to 1201 and 228 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.02% to 27.05.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 2.02% or 2.08 to $105.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.51% or 1.61 to hit $108.25 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.45% or 8.65 to trade at $1,934.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.28% to 118.93, while EUR/JPY rose 0.17% to 131.72.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 98.14.
