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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.29%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857), which rose 8.22% or 830.00 points to trade at 10,930.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035) added 7.13% or 3,180.00 points to end at 47,770.00 and Okuma Corp. (TYO:6103) was up 5.66% or 290.00 points to 5,410.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (TYO:5713), which fell 2.46% or 129.00 points to trade at 5,125.00 at the close. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568) declined 2.13% or 94.00 points to end at 4,323.00 and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4502) was down 2.10% or 90.00 points to 4,203.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2440 to 1157 and 248 ended unchanged.
Shares in Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) rose to 52-week highs; rising 8.22% or 830.00 to 10,930.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 7.23% to 17.50.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.06% or 0.80 to $76.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.06% or 0.87 to hit $83.08 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 4.30 to trade at $1,831.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.00% to 134.70, while EUR/JPY fell 0.02% to 142.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 104.57.
