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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.11% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086), which rose 6.36% or 52.0 points to trade at 869.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) added 6.22% or 89.0 points to end at 1521.0 and IHI Corp. (T:7013) was up 5.39% or 71.0 points to 1389.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Konami Corp. (T:9766), which fell 1.73% or 75.0 points to trade at 4265.0 at the close. Konica Minolta, Inc. (T:4902) declined 1.53% or 4.0 points to end at 258.0 and CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) was down 1.34% or 90.0 points to 6630.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2672 to 842 and 180 ended unchanged.
Shares in Konica Minolta, Inc. (T:4902) fell to all time lows; losing 1.53% or 4.0 to 258.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.33.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.39% or 0.16 to $41.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.28% or 0.12 to hit $43.05 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 7.75 to trade at $1914.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.04% to 105.44, while EUR/JPY fell 0.03% to 123.49.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 93.688.
