TOKYO, March 9 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei gained on Wednesday after a pullback in oil prices lifted Wall Street, but investors stayed on edge due to worries that unrest in the Middle East could spread to other oil exporting countries in the region.
With the settlement of Nikkei futures and options coming up on Friday, moves by commodity trading advisors in the futures market, which have sparked big swings in the benchmark recently, will also be in focus.
The benchmark Nikkei rose 0.8 percent, or 82.04 points, to 10,607.23. The broader Topix index gained 0.8 percent to 946.99. (Reporting by Antoni Slodkowski; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)