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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.51% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiba Bank Ltd (TYO:8331), which rose 3.38% or 29.00 points to trade at 887.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Terumo Corp. (TYO:4543) added 2.53% or 98.00 points to end at 3,970.00 and Nissui Corp (TYO:1332) was up 2.47% or 14.00 points to 580.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857), which fell 3.04% or 350.00 points to trade at 11,160.00 at the close. Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035) declined 2.29% or 355.00 points to end at 15,130.00 and Inpex Corp. (TYO:1605) was down 2.13% or 32.00 points to 1,471.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2450 to 1110 and 280 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.45% to 16.36 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.32% or 0.26 to $81.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.34% or 0.29 to hit $85.05 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.37% or 7.40 to trade at $2,014.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.09% to 134.35, while EUR/JPY rose 0.21% to 147.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 101.56.
