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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.81%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fanuc Corp. (T:6954), which rose 5.62% or 1305.0 points to trade at 24525.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) added 5.44% or 265.0 points to end at 5140.0 and Japan Steel Works Ltd (T:5631) was up 5.07% or 150.0 points to 3110.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (T:8233), which fell 4.14% or 51.0 points to trade at 1181.0 at the close. Toray Industries, Inc. (T:3402) declined 1.94% or 13.9 points to end at 703.8 and Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:2502) was down 1.46% or 79.0 points to 5314.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3004 to 560 and 180 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.70.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.06% or 0.86 to $82.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.12% or 0.94 to hit $84.94 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.46% or 8.25 to trade at $1789.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.41% to 114.12, while EUR/JPY rose 0.57% to 132.54.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 93.892.
