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At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 2.01%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (TYO:7911), which rose 11.03% or 401.00 points to trade at 4,037.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501) added 8.07% or 51.70 points to end at 692.00 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735) was up 4.53% or 475.00 points to 10,970.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:4911), which fell 0.99% or 40.00 points to trade at 4,011.00 at the close. Keio Corp. (TYO:9008) declined 0.59% or 25.00 points to end at 4,248.00 and Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:5202) was down 0.48% or 3.00 points to 616.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2829 to 806 and 232 ended unchanged.
Shares in Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (TYO:7911) rose to 5-year highs; up 11.03% or 401.00 to 4,037.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.79% to 17.06.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.03% or 0.02 to $72.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.10% or 0.08 to hit $77.28 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 6.50 to trade at $2,042.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.04% to 147.21, while EUR/JPY fell 0.03% to 158.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 103.93.
