Nikkei likely to rise after oil pullback
March 08, 2011 at 18:27 PM EST
TOKYO, March 9 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei is set to gain on Wednesday after a pullback in oil prices lifted Wall Street, but investors will stay on edge on persisting worries the unrest in the Middle East could spread to other oil exporting countries in the region. [ID:nLDE72701U]