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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.64%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501), which rose 8.38% or 28.00 points to trade at 362.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) added 5.96% or 254.00 points to end at 4,519.00 and Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702) was up 5.40% or 895.00 points to 17,470.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were JGC Corp. (T:1963), which fell 3.17% or 50.00 points to trade at 1,527.00 at the close. Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (T:8253) declined 2.48% or 33.00 points to end at 1,298.00 and Comsys Holdings Corp. (T:1721) was down 2.10% or 57.00 points to 2,659.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2412 to 1122 and 242 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.33% to 28.98.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.73% or 1.67 to $98.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.59% or 2.59 to hit $102.50 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.57% or 11.00 to trade at $1,918.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.06% to 118.36, while EUR/JPY rose 0.19% to 129.78.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 98.87.
