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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.92%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:4523), which rose 4.75% or 443.00 points to trade at 9,775.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (TYO:5301) added 4.49% or 47.00 points to end at 1,094.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) was up 4.38% or 400.00 points to 9,530.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shizuoka Financial Group Inc (TYO:5831), which fell 4.18% or 42.00 points to trade at 963.00 at the close. Sompo Holdings Inc (TYO:8630) declined 3.81% or 231.00 points to end at 5,828.00 and Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. (TYO:8830) was down 3.58% or 133.00 points to 3,583.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2098 to 1443 and 273 ended unchanged.
Shares in Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:4523) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.75% or 443.00 to 9,775.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.18% to 18.93.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.53% or 0.43 to $80.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.52% or 0.45 to hit $86.52 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.88% or 33.15 to trade at $1,793.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 1.36% to 136.15, while EUR/JPY fell 0.98% to 142.21.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 105.46.
