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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.11%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:3099), which rose 4.87% or 48.00 points to trade at 1,034.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568) added 4.44% or 153.00 points to end at 3,596.00 and Konami Corp. (TYO:9766) was up 4.20% or 300.00 points to 7,440.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yaskawa Electric Corp. (TYO:6506), which fell 5.61% or 255.00 points to trade at 4,290.00 at the close. Toray Industries, Inc. (TYO:3402) declined 5.12% or 38.30 points to end at 709.30 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035) was down 1.38% or 600.00 points to 42,950.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2817 to 752 and 212 ended unchanged.
Shares in Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.44% or 153.00 to 3,596.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.09% to 22.41.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.89% or 1.98 to $102.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.64% or 1.75 to hit $105.27 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 6.10 to trade at $1,736.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.54% to 136.82, while EUR/JPY fell 0.07% to 138.47.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 107.32.
