Tokyo stocks ended essentially flat Tuesday as a firm yen saw technology shares continued to be sold, while energy shares were snapped up following a rise in oil prices, but a circumspect mood took over the market in later trade ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy meeting.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average edged 9.83 points, or 0.05 percent, lower from Monday to end the day at 19,898.75.
The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, meanwhile, added 1.96 points, or 0.12 percent, to close at 1,593.51.
Precision instrument and electric appliance issues comprised those that declined the most.
Oil and coal product, and real estate issues led those that made notable gains. Advancing issues outnumbered declining ones by 1,106 to 748 on the First Section and trading volume on the main section on Tuesday totaled 1,614.38 million shares, dropping from Monday's volume of 1,785.76 million shares.
The turnover on the second trading day of the week came to 2,119.2 billion yen (19.25 billion U.S. dollars).
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