Nikkei 225 closes lower by 0.16% at 23,631.88

Tokyo's main index closes lower on the day

• Session high 23,797.96
• Session low 23,592.28

Asian shares are mostly higher on the day, except for the Nikkei. The index closed lower, dragged down by energy and financial stocks. Energy stocks were down by a whopping 3.42% on the day.

Meanwhile, in other markets in Asia we see that the Hang Seng is up by 1.36%, Shanghai Composite up by 0.41%, CSI 300 up by 0.62%, and the Kospi is up by 0.28%.