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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.1984%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501), which rose 7.1800% or 26.00000000 points to trade at 388.00000000 at the close. Meanwhile, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) added 6.2100% or 580.00000000 points to end at 9920.00000000 and Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) was up 6.1500% or 22.00000000 points to 380.00000000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which fell 3.5500% or 120.00000000 points to trade at 3260.00000000 at the close. T&D Holdings, Inc. (T:8795) declined 3.0900% or 52.00000000 points to end at 1632.00000000 and Chiba Bank Ltd (T:8331) was down 2.8800% or 21.00000000 points to 708.00000000.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2365 to 1245 and 177 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) rose to 5-year highs; rising 6.2100% or 580.00000000 to 9920.00000000.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.7950% to 26.53000069.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 2.4000% or 2.29999995 to $98.01999664 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.8000% or 2.74000001 to hit $100.70999908 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.7900% or 15.10000038 to trade at $1915.80004883 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.0391% to 114.94499969, while EUR/JPY fell 0.0116% to 128.99499512.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.0000% at 96.69200134.
