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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 2.98% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:4911), which rose 10.92% or 555.00 points to trade at 5,638.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (TYO:4901) added 10.74% or 730.00 points to end at 7,525.00 and Omron Cor (TYO:6645) was up 9.50% or 640.00 points to 7,377.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nikon Corp. (TYO:7731), which fell 8.85% or 131.00 points to trade at 1,350.00 at the close. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:7003) declined 7.48% or 36.00 points to end at 445.00 and Terumo Corp. (TYO:4543) was down 5.23% or 224.00 points to 4,059.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2428 to 1152 and 226 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.61% to 20.87.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 2.66% or 2.30 to $88.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 2.62% or 2.45 to hit $96.12 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.62% or 10.95 to trade at $1,764.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.21% to 141.24, while EUR/JPY rose 0.45% to 144.53.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 107.58.
