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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.67% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Denka Co Ltd (TYO:4061), which rose 6.37% or 205.00 points to trade at 3,425.00 at the close. Meanwhile, T&D Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8795) added 3.73% or 52.00 points to end at 1,445.00 and Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755) was up 3.38% or 22.00 points to 672.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NTN Corp. (TYO:6472), which fell 3.80% or 10.00 points to trade at 253.00 at the close. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (TYO:9104) declined 3.22% or 100.00 points to end at 3,010.00 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) was down 3.01% or 74.00 points to 2,384.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2201 to 1272 and 300 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.63% to 23.87.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.08% or 0.92 to $84.40 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.24% or 1.14 to hit $90.60 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.88% or 14.65 to trade at $1,672.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.34% to 147.40, while EUR/JPY rose 0.06% to 147.49.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 110.32.
