Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Pharmaceutical Industry and Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.17% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Hitachi Zosen Corp. (TYO:7004), which rose 8.69% or 100.00 points to trade at 1,251.00 at the close. Yaskawa Electric Corp. (TYO:6506) added 6.04% or 352.00 points to end at 6,182.00 and Otsuka Holdings Ltd (TYO:4578) was up 5.23% or 302.00 points to 6,074.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO:9009), which lost 4.01% or 299.00 points to trade at 7,164.00 in late trade. Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. (TYO:8830) declined 3.21% or 148.00 points to end at 4,467.00 and Mercari Inc (TYO:4385) shed 3.00% or 63.50 points to 2,055.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2105 to 1526 and 252 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 9.46% to 21.41.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.24% or 0.19 to $77.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.22% or 0.18 to hit $81.85 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 4.25 to trade at $2,043.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.14% to 150.49, while EUR/JPY fell 0.16% to 163.27.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 103.69.