Japan Hot Stocks Chugai Pharmaceutical

TOKYO, - The benchmark Nikkei average rose 0.1 percent and the broader TOPIX was 0.2 percent higher on Monday.

The following stocks were on the move:

**CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL RISES AFTER BROKER UPGRADE**

Chugai Pharmaceutical climbs 2.3 percent to 1,845 yen, outpacing a 0.8 percent gain in the pharmaceutical sub-index , after Nikko Citigroup ( C - news - people ) analyst Hidemaru Yamaguchi raised the target price for Chugai to 2,300 yen from 1,600 yen and upgraded the shares to 'buy' from 'hold' in a research note last Friday.

In the note, Yamaguchi cited factors such as increased expectations for anticancer drug Avastin and influenza drug Tamiflu.

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