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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.43%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107), which rose 9.64% or 760.00 points to trade at 8,640.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501) added 7.55% or 36.00 points to end at 513.00 and Otsuka Holdings Ltd (TYO:4578) was up 5.38% or 245.00 points to 4,797.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (TYO:5232), which fell 3.97% or 140.00 points to trade at 3,385.00 at the close. KDDI Corp. (TYO:9433) declined 2.34% or 104.00 points to end at 4,338.00 and Keio Corp. (TYO:9008) was down 2.14% or 100.00 points to 4,575.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2403 to 1120 and 286 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.64% to 23.08.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.54% or 0.58 to $108.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.62% or 0.68 to hit $109.78 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.53% or 9.70 to trade at $1,840.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 135.04, while EUR/JPY rose 0.16% to 142.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 103.63.
