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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.34%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211), which rose 4.83% or 14.0 points to trade at 304.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Inpex Corp. (T:1605) added 4.36% or 39.0 points to end at 934.0 and Konica Minolta, Inc. (T:4902) was up 3.89% or 23.0 points to 614.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104), which fell 5.64% or 400.0 points to trade at 6690.0 at the close. Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101) declined 4.65% or 360.0 points to end at 7390.0 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) was down 4.44% or 240.0 points to 5170.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2719 to 819 and 207 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 25.72 a new 3-months high.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.29% or 1.01 to $79.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.22% or 1.00 to hit $82.95 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.24% or 4.25 to trade at $1754.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.34% to 111.97, while EUR/JPY rose 0.30% to 129.27.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 94.332.
