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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.03%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (TYO:5541), which rose 5.76% or 134.00 points to trade at 2,460.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:9983) added 4.33% or 2,920.00 points to end at 70,290.00 and Trend Micro Inc. (TYO:4704) was up 4.01% or 270.00 points to 7,010.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107), which fell 3.75% or 300.00 points to trade at 7,690.00 at the close. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (TYO:9104) declined 2.75% or 85.00 points to end at 3,010.00 and Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. (TYO:8801) was down 2.30% or 67.50 points to 2,862.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2043 to 1447 and 298 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.82% to 22.99.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.26% or 1.37 to $109.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.22% or 0.25 to hit $113.25 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.35% or 6.30 to trade at $1,807.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.38% to 136.21, while EUR/JPY rose 0.03% to 141.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 105.28.
