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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.96% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which rose 8.33% or 490.0 points to trade at 6370.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Advantest Corp. (T:6857) added 5.37% or 280.0 points to end at 5490.0 and Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103) was up 5.36% or 20.0 points to 393.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aeon Co., Ltd. (T:8267), which fell 3.38% or 99.5 points to trade at 2840.0 at the close. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) declined 2.88% or 7.0 points to end at 236.0 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) was down 2.33% or 7.0 points to 293.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1990 to 1497 and 211 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.13.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.00% or 0.40 to $40.35 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.14% or 0.48 to hit $42.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 5.70 to trade at $1896.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.01% to 105.97, while EUR/JPY rose 0.08% to 124.72.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 93.585.
