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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.33% to hit a new 5-year high.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201), which rose 6.77% or 36.4 points to trade at 574.1 at the close. Meanwhile, The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631) added 6.38% or 180.0 points to end at 3000.0 and Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) was up 5.57% or 395.0 points to 7489.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681), which fell 4.40% or 60.0 points to trade at 1305.0 at the close. Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) declined 2.33% or 14.6 points to end at 612.7 and Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303) was down 1.53% or 19.0 points to 1226.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2086 to 1426 and 208 ended unchanged.
Shares in The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631) rose to 52-week highs; up 6.38% or 180.0 to 3000.0. Shares in Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) rose to 3-years highs; up 5.57% or 395.0 to 7489.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.43.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.24% or 0.11 to $45.71 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.20% or 0.10 to hit $48.94 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.59% or 11.05 to trade at $1863.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.08% to 104.23, while EUR/JPY rose 0.34% to 126.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 90.808.
