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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.05% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770), which rose 12.57% or 141.0 points to trade at 1263.0 at the close. Meanwhile, ANA Holdings Inc (T:9202) added 10.61% or 232.0 points to end at 2418.0 and Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202) was up 10.14% or 35.0 points to 380.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (T:4507), which fell 5.44% or 324.0 points to trade at 5636.0 at the close. Nomura Holdings Inc (T:8604) declined 3.85% or 17.0 points to end at 424.1 and Nippon Meat Packers, Inc. (T:2282) was down 3.21% or 125.0 points to 3770.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2972 to 703 and 114 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 30.35 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.74% or 0.43 to $24.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.81% or 0.56 to hit $30.41 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 5.10 to trade at $1708.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.53% to 107.22, while EUR/JPY rose 0.45% to 116.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 99.927.
