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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 2.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Bridgestone Corp. (T:5108), which rose 7.39% or 362.0 points to trade at 5263.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) added 6.55% or 470.0 points to end at 7650.0 and Japan Steel Works Ltd (T:5631) was up 6.45% or 225.0 points to 3715.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Inpex Corp. (T:1605), which fell 3.40% or 40.0 points to trade at 1138.0 at the close. Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713) declined 2.62% or 146.0 points to end at 5423.0 and JGC Corp. (T:1963) was down 2.40% or 27.0 points to 1096.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2728 to 843 and 218 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 21.21% to 26.63.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.53% or 0.49 to $92.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.47% or 0.44 to hit $93.72 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.30 to trade at $1856.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.05% to 115.68, while EUR/JPY rose 0.15% to 131.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 95.905.
