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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were CyberAgent Inc (T:4751), which rose 3.92% or 280.0 points to trade at 7430.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Aeon Co., Ltd. (T:8267) added 3.46% or 118.0 points to end at 3530.0 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) was up 3.32% or 1470.0 points to 45740.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nomura Holdings Inc (T:8604), which fell 16.33% or 117.7 points to trade at 603.0 at the close. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) declined 6.25% or 255.0 points to end at 3825.0 and Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101) was down 5.91% or 235.0 points to 3740.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1821 to 1775 and 171 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.43.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.66% or 1.01 to $59.96 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.13% or 0.73 to hit $63.70 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 3.75 to trade at $1728.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 109.53, while EUR/JPY fell 0.12% to 129.12.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 92.773.
