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Stocks in Japan rose Thursday, as the Nikkei Stock Average added 0.7% to 61867.43.

Advantest Corp. was the biggest gainer during the session, surging 11% to Y27,935, and NEC Corp. surged 8.4% to Y5,002. Hitachi Ltd. rounded out the top three movers, as shares surged 6.0% to Y5,255.

Nomura Holdings Inc. posted the largest decline, dropping 6.5% to Y1,470, followed by shares of Socionext Inc., which dropped 6.4% to Y1,894. Shares of Nikon Corp. dropped 6.1% to Y1,840.

On the currency front, the yen weakened 0.1% against the dollar to Y163.63.

In the bond markets, the two-year Japanese government bond yield rose 0.24 basis point to 1.481% and the 10-year JGB yield rose 5.02 basis points to 2.801%. In the U.S., the 10-year Treasury yield rose 2.00 basis points to 4.704%.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet