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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.70% to hit a new 5-year high.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daikin Industries, Ltd. (TYO:6367), which rose 6.75% or 1,975.00 points to trade at 31,240.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) added 5.93% or 1,135.00 points to end at 20,285.00 and Z Holdings Corp (TYO:4689) was up 5.25% or 18.20 points to 364.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (TYO:8233), which fell 1.34% or 27.00 points to trade at 1,986.00 at the close. J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:3086) declined 0.76% or 10.50 points to end at 1,368.00 and Keio Corp. (TYO:9008) was down 0.75% or 34.00 points to 4,489.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2734 to 924 and 209 ended unchanged.
Shares in Daikin Industries, Ltd. (TYO:6367) rose to all time highs; gaining 6.75% or 1,975.00 to 31,240.00. Shares in Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) rose to all time highs; up 5.93% or 1,135.00 to 20,285.00. Shares in Keio Corp. (TYO:9008) fell to 52-week lows; losing 0.75% or 34.00 to 4,489.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.99% to 19.11 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.55% or 0.39 to $70.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.50% or 0.38 to hit $75.03 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 6.30 to trade at $1,923.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.30% to 144.76, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 157.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 102.86.
