Nikkei ended up 0.6% at 10,534 and Topix closed down 1.16% at 970 while 15 of 33 Topix subindexes were higher almost all trading session.
Today’s weakness in Chinese stocks, stronger yen limited market’s upside. Traders still wait the outcomes of Sunday’s general election results.
Due to higher oil prices shares of Inpex closed up 2% at Y750,000. Steel constructions stocks were lower. JFE Holdings closed down 1.2$ at Y3,340. In news, Casio and Hitachi are in talks to consolidate their mobile handset operations, Casio up 7.3% at Y909 on very heavy volume.
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Analyst: Vladimir Donin