TOKYO, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average inched up 0.2 percent on Wednesday as an advance in U.S. stocks and upbeat forecasts by Intel Corp brightened sentiment and prompted short-covering.
But investors were reluctant to chase the Nikkei aggressively higher as the yen lurked near a 15-year high versus the dollar hit earlier this week.
The benchmark Nikkei ended up 14.87 points at 9,403.51. On Tuesday, it fell 2.1 percent in its biggest daily loss in a month.
The broader Topix fell 0.2 percent to 822.65. (Reporting by Aiko Hayashi; Editing by Chris Gallagher)