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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.00%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211), which rose 11.34% or 28.0 points to trade at 275.0 at the close. Meanwhile, West Japan Railway Co. (T:9021) added 6.86% or 390.0 points to end at 6072.0 and Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (T:8804) was up 6.65% or 93.0 points to 1491.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which fell 3.57% or 310.0 points to trade at 8380.0 at the close. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) declined 3.44% or 12.0 points to end at 337.0 and TDK Corp (T:6762) was down 2.86% or 470.0 points to 15950.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2520 to 1023 and 193 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 25.64.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.68% or 0.37 to $55.13 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.19% or 0.11 to hit $57.91 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 7.25 to trade at $1840.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.10% to 105.08, while EUR/JPY rose 0.03% to 126.42.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 91.123.
