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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.27% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (TYO:5541), which rose 6.47% or 176.00 points to trade at 2,895.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:9983) added 5.86% or 3,700.00 points to end at 66,850.00 and Z Holdings Corp (TYO:4689) was up 5.09% or 21.50 points to 443.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tosoh Corp. (TYO:4042), which fell 3.28% or 62.00 points to trade at 1,829.00 at the close. Toho Co., Ltd. (TYO:9602) declined 2.30% or 120.00 points to end at 5,090.00 and Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (TYO:8253) was down 2.25% or 35.00 points to 1,518.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1889 to 1607 and 260 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.26% to 19.56 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.68% or 0.79 to $116.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.57% or 0.67 to hit $116.94 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 2.10 to trade at $1,869.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.03% to 129.88, while EUR/JPY rose 0.09% to 139.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 101.74.
