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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.52%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were JGC Corp. (T:1963), which rose 8.84% or 78.0 points to trade at 960.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T:6841) added 8.52% or 108.0 points to end at 1375.0 and J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086) was up 8.31% or 65.0 points to 847.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523), which fell 8.90% or 691.0 points to trade at 7076.0 at the close. Advantest Corp. (T:6857) declined 2.25% or 115.0 points to end at 4985.0 and Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (T:6098) was down 1.08% or 30.0 points to 2758.5.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3102 to 553 and 116 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 42.02.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 8.20% or 1.13 to $14.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 5.89% or 1.20 to hit $21.57 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 1.25 to trade at $1739.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.07% to 107.80, while EUR/JPY fell 0.19% to 116.35.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 100.688.
