In other Asian markets, Sydney's S & P/ASX 200 XJO, -1.16% ended 0.6% lower, while the Australian dollar AUDUSD, -0.0422% moved up to 93.56 U.S. cents from 93.46 U.S. cents a day earlier.
South Korea's Kospi Composite Index finished down SEU, -1.41% 0.3%, while mainland China's Shanghai Composite Index SHCOMP, -0.63% settled 0.9% higher for its sixth straight gain.