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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501), which rose 16.23% or 74.00 points to trade at 530.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Komatsu Ltd. (TYO:6301) added 8.52% or 253.50 points to end at 3,230.00 and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (TYO:8031) was up 6.08% or 194.00 points to 3,386.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:4911), which fell 9.29% or 563.00 points to trade at 5,500.00 at the close. Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755) declined 5.01% or 46.00 points to end at 872.00 and Softbank Group Corp. (TYO:9984) was down 2.27% or 120.00 points to 5,170.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2228 to 1337 and 215 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501) rose to 52-week highs; up 16.23% or 74.00 to 530.00. Shares in Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755) fell to 52-week lows; losing 5.01% or 46.00 to 872.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 11.01% to 27.83 a new 1-month high.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.28% or 0.30 to $108.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.34% or 0.38 to hit $111.28 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.84 to trade at $1,873.86 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.20% to 130.40, while EUR/JPY fell 0.20% to 136.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 103.97.
