At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.72% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803), which rose 27.92% or 79.0 points to trade at 362.0 at the close. Meanwhile, NTT Data Corp. (T:9613) added 11.04% or 131.0 points to end at 1318.0 and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519) was up 5.92% or 241.0 points to 4314.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (T:5711), which fell 3.25% or 64.0 points to trade at 1903.0 at the close. Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) declined 2.40% or 161.0 points to end at 6535.0 and ANA Holdings Inc (T:9202) was down 1.81% or 42.0 points to 2281.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2674 to 841 and 178 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 28.19.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.19% or 0.07 to $37.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.33% or 0.13 to hit $39.84 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.88% or 16.80 to trade at $1893.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.45% to 104.92, while EUR/JPY fell 0.20% to 122.08.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 94.105.
