Nikkei tracks Wall Street gains

Japan’s Nikkei index closed higher on Tuesday after a choppy session, tracking gains on Wall Street overnight, but investors’ caution about corporate earnings expectations capped gains.

The Nikkei rose 0.19 percent to close at 27,787.98 points, after falling as much as 0.26 percent earlier in the session.

Shares of oil drilling companies led the gains among 33 sub-indices of sectors on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, up 1.84 percent, with the rise in oil prices.

The broader Topix index fell 0.23 percent to close at 1949.12 points.