Today's Tokyo Stock Exchange Wrap-up and ADRs to Watch (KUB, DCM, PIO, NTT, KNBWY, MLEA, CAJ, SNE; ETF: EWJ)

After a down day yesterday from profit-taking some ground was made up but the Nikkei fell from intra-day highs in late afternoon trading. Advantest (ATE) was down on Goldman Sachs' (GS) downgrade from "outperform" to "in-line." Kubota (KUB) led all ADRs, gaining 5.35% on the day.

Nikkei 225: +61.28 (+0.40%) closed at 15,484.66, opened nearly 100 points higher from prior close of 15,423.38, traded as high as 15,558.32 and as low as 15,467.75

TOPIX: +7.25 (+0.46%) closed at 1,598.59, opened just under 10 points higher than prior close of 1,591.34, intra-day high at 1,609.44, intra-day low of 1,597.02

JASDAQ: -0.36 (-0.31%) closed at 114.96, traded between 114.75 and 115.50

Today's Tokyo Stock Exchange traded shares with ADRs that made the biggest advances and declines:

* Advancers: Kubota (KUB) +5.35%, NTT DoCoMo (DCM) +3.28%, Pioneer (PIO) +3.04%, NTT (NTT) +1.89%, Kirin Brewery (KNBWY) +1.76%, Millea Holdings (MLEA) +1.46%, Canon (CAJ) +1.44%, Sony (SNE) +1.35%

* Decliners: Advantest (ATE) -3.02%, Trend Micro (TMIC) -2.47%, Matsushita Electric Industrial (MC) -2.09%, NEC (NIPNY) -1.83%