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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.07%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770), which rose 17.36% or 184.0 points to trade at 1244.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) added 9.59% or 770.0 points to end at 8800.0 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) was up 8.76% or 570.0 points to 7080.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Omron Cor (T:6645), which fell 7.00% or 625.0 points to trade at 8305.0 at the close. Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502) declined 8.36% or 105.0 points to end at 1151.0 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) was down 5.26% or 17.0 points to 306.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2901 to 749 and 155 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 27.06.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.27% or 1.10 to $87.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.21% or 1.07 to hit $89.59 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 1.00 to trade at $1785.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.20% to 115.46, while EUR/JPY rose 0.38% to 128.90.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 97.108.
