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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.93%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Ebara Corp. (TYO:6361), which rose 5.84% or 320.00 points to trade at 5,800.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755) added 5.83% or 36.00 points to end at 654.00 and TDK Corp (TYO:6762) was up 4.59% or 205.00 points to 4,670.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mitsubishi Estate Co Ltd (TYO:8802), which fell 0.69% or 11.00 points to trade at 1,575.00 at the close. Olympus Corp. (TYO:7733) declined 0.35% or 8.00 points to end at 2,267.50 and Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. (TYO:8801) was down 0.35% or 8.50 points to 2,396.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3160 to 496 and 172 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mitsubishi Estate Co Ltd (TYO:8802) fell to 52-week lows; losing 0.69% or 11.00 to 1,575.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 17.22% to 22.80 a new 3-months high.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.02% or 0.71 to $68.96 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.92% or 0.69 to hit $74.63 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 1.20 to trade at $1,939.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.01% to 132.48, while EUR/JPY fell 0.07% to 142.57.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 102.87.
