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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.86% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707), which rose 11.26% or 248.0 points to trade at 2450.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) added 9.86% or 623.0 points to end at 6943.0 and Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333) was up 5.59% or 139.0 points to 2624.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:5901), which fell 15.30% or 247.0 points to trade at 1367.0 at the close. Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. (T:3105) declined 10.97% or 104.0 points to end at 844.0 and Z Holdings Corp (T:4689) was down 3.12% or 23.1 points to 717.2.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2130 to 1360 and 265 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.40.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.46% or 0.32 to $68.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.24% or 0.17 to hit $72.39 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.63% or 11.55 to trade at $1822.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.07% to 109.90, while EUR/JPY rose 0.16% to 130.55.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 92.172.
