Tokyo's main index manages to squeeze out a gain on the day

  • Session high 21,825.97
  • Session low 21,555.49

Closes near the highs for the day, as the recovery in the Nikkei after the lunch break was aided by the recovery in S&P 500 futures.

But that has failed to boost yen pairs though, as USD/JPY continues to hug the 106.00 handle and even falling to a low of 105.79 earlier.