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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.20%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tobu Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO:9001), which rose 4.44% or 135.00 points to trade at 3,175.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568) added 3.60% or 159.00 points to end at 4,579.00 and Sony Corp (TYO:6758) was up 3.52% or 395.00 points to 11,630.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Taisei Corp. (TYO:1801), which fell 8.13% or 360.00 points to trade at 4,070.00 at the close. Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:5202) declined 2.41% or 15.00 points to end at 608.00 and Kajima Corp. (TYO:1812) was down 2.06% or 33.00 points to 1,571.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2646 to 957 and 222 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 9.76% to 19.42.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.64% or 0.44 to $68.79 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.63% or 0.47 to hit $75.17 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.56% or 10.75 to trade at $1,933.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.50% to 133.05, while EUR/JPY rose 0.06% to 141.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 103.65.
