Asia stocks move off early highs to trade mostly lower, as dividend worries dent Japanese utility firms, while steel makers weigh in Seoul.

Nikkei 225 9,014.25 +3.54 +0.04%

S&P/ASX 200 4,543.1 +2.10 +0.05%

Shanghai Composite 2,116.42 -16.34 -0.77%

Acer slid 3.3 percent in Taipei as Asia’s second-largest computer maker posted third-quarter profit and sales that missed estimates.

Canon Inc., the world’s biggest camera maker that gets about 31 percent of sales from Europe, dropped 1.5 percent in Tokyo.