Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.17% By Investing.com

Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, the rose 0.17% to hit a new all time high.

The best performers of the session on the were Hitachi Zosen Corp. (TYO:), which rose 8.69% or 100.00 points to trade at 1,251.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Yaskawa Electric Corp. (TYO:) added 6.04% or 352.00 points to end at 6,182.00 and Otsuka Holdings Ltd (TYO:) was up 5.23% or 302.00 points to 6,074.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 4.01% or 299.00 points to trade at 7,164.00 at the close. Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. (TYO:) declined 3.21% or 148.00 points to end at 4,467.00 and Mercari Inc (TYO:) was down 3.00% or 63.50 points to 2,055.50.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2105 to 1526 and 252 ended unchanged.

Shares in Hitachi Zosen Corp. (TYO:) rose to 5-year highs; rising 8.69% or 100.00 to 1,251.00. Shares in Otsuka Holdings Ltd (TYO:) rose to all time highs; up 5.23% or 302.00 to 6,074.00.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 9.46% to 21.41.

Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.24% or 0.19 to $77.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, 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 103.70.