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It climbed 0.4 per cent to finish the day at 8,772.54 points after peaking at 8,831.55 earlier on.
Among the firms to make gains was the country's second-largest lender Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, which rose by 0.1 per cent.
The Topix index remained relatively unchanged when trading closed, despite rising 0.9 per cent during the course of the day, ending on 750.84 points.
Ryuta Otsuka, a strategist at Toyo Securities in Tokyo, told Bloomberg: "Without a solid reason to buy, the market loses momentum … Investors are taking a wait-and-see stance until the European summit."
Yesterday the Nikkei declined by 1.6 per cent to close at 8,741.91 points after reaching a six-week high of 8.879.6 points, while the Topix ended the day on 751.24 points.
Posted by Greg Secker
