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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.70%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Asahi Kasei Corp. (T:3407), which rose 14.38% or 110.4 points to trade at 878.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Kikkoman Corp. (T:2801) added 14.11% or 705.0 points to end at 5700.0 and Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333) was up 11.84% or 246.0 points to 2323.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689), which fell 3.20% or 21.0 points to trade at 636.0 at the close. TDK Corp (T:6762) declined 2.21% or 260.0 points to end at 11530.0 and Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702) was down 1.96% or 280.0 points to 14030.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2867 to 691 and 127 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 23.75.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.24% or 0.10 to $40.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.27% or 0.12 to hit $44.03 a barrel, while the October Gold Futures contract rose 0.39% or 7.70 to trade at $1982.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 105.90, while EUR/JPY rose 0.25% to 124.92.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 93.282.
