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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.10% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502), which rose 5.88% or 73.00 points to trade at 1,315.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Yamaha Motor Co Ltd (T:7272) added 4.19% or 112.00 points to end at 2,788.00 and Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:3382) was up 4.09% or 226.00 points to 5,748.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which fell 2.22% or 95.00 points to trade at 4,190.00 at the close. West Japan Railway Co. (T:9021) declined 2.15% or 112.00 points to end at 5,107.00 and Eneos Holdings Inc (T:5020) was down 2.06% or 10.10 points to 479.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2462 to 1102 and 229 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.87% to 25.03.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.28% or 0.30 to $105.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.03% or 0.03 to hit $109.46 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.05% or 20.40 to trade at $1,919.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.22% to 123.64, while EUR/JPY rose 0.09% to 136.15.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 98.90.
