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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.03%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yaskawa Electric Corp. (TYO:6506), which rose 6.26% or 265.00 points to trade at 4,500.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Fujitsu Ltd. (TYO:6702) added 4.82% or 850.00 points to end at 18,500.00 and Fanuc Corp. (TYO:6954) was up 4.60% or 915.00 points to 20,825.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:3086), which fell 3.34% or 39.00 points to trade at 1,130.00 at the close. Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:3099) declined 2.98% or 41.00 points to end at 1,335.00 and Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (TYO:3863) was down 2.63% or 25.00 points to 927.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2682 to 861 and 261 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.38% to 18.28.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.61% or 0.46 to $74.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.49% or 0.39 to hit $79.71 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.57% or 10.65 to trade at $1,887.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.02% to 132.27, while EUR/JPY rose 0.21% to 142.26.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 102.89.
