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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107), which rose 7.35% or 590.00 points to trade at 8,620.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:5202) added 5.65% or 21.00 points to end at 393.00 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7012) was up 5.22% or 128.00 points to 2,579.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568), which fell 2.93% or 106.00 points to trade at 3,508.00 at the close. Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (TYO:9503) declined 2.78% or 39.00 points to end at 1,363.00 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501) was down 2.38% or 14.00 points to 575.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2187 to 1351 and 252 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.51% to 21.67 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.39% or 0.39 to $99.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.34% or 0.36 to hit $106.63 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.24% or 4.05 to trade at $1,706.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.14% to 137.93, while EUR/JPY rose 0.57% to 140.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 106.74.
