But investors were cautious ahead of a local holiday on Thursday and as they awaited U.S. inflation data that could guide the Federal Reserve's rate-hike pace, she said.There were 139 advancers on the Nikkei index against 84 decliners. The volume of shares traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's main board was 1.11 billion, compared with the average of 1.19 billion in the past 30 days.
