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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were TOTO Ltd. (TYO:5332), which rose 8.64% or 395.00 points to trade at 4,965.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Daikin Industries, Ltd. (TYO:6367) added 5.33% or 1,080.00 points to end at 21,330.00 and Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:4523) was up 4.84% or 394.00 points to 8,541.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501), which fell 4.18% or 19.00 points to trade at 436.00 at the close. Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc (TYO:8750) declined 3.04% or 90.00 points to end at 2,873.50 and Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6098) was down 3.02% or 131.00 points to 4,208.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2146 to 1403 and 278 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.80% to 18.21.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.44% or 0.33 to $74.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.49% or 0.39 to hit $79.26 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.85 to trade at $1,875.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.19% to 132.13, while EUR/JPY rose 0.20% to 141.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 103.04.
