At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daikin Industries, Ltd. (T:6367), which rose 4.47% or 1035.0 points to trade at 24185.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Fanuc Corp. (T:6954) added 4.45% or 990.0 points to end at 23235.0 and Oji Holdings Corp. (T:3861) was up 4.38% or 23.0 points to 548.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CyberAgent Inc (T:4751), which fell 3.87% or 81.0 points to trade at 2012.0 at the close. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) declined 3.28% or 12.0 points to end at 354.0 and Otsuka Holdings Ltd (T:4578) was down 2.29% or 95.0 points to 4051.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2059 to 1543 and 178 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 27.33 a new 6-months high.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.39% or 1.58 to $67.76 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 2.73% or 1.89 to hit $71.12 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.55% or 9.70 to trade at $1786.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.30% to 113.46, while EUR/JPY rose 0.20% to 128.49.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 95.977.
