Asia Mixed Amid Records on Wall St.
Asia-Pacific stocks traded mixed Tuesday, with Japanese stocks shrugging off political uncertainty as the country’s ruling coalition lost its majority in the upper house in election held over the weekend.
In Japan, markets returned to trading Tuesday after a long weekend, with the Nikkei 225 swooning 44.19 points, or 0.1%, to 39,774.92.
Shares of SoftBank Group surged nearly 6%, before paring gains.
In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng gained 135.89 points, or 0.5%, to 24,994.14.
Singapore stocks broke their 11-session rally.
South Korea’s trade and finance ministers are set to meet U.S. counterparts on Friday.
In other markets
In Shanghai, the CSI 300 moved up 33.35 points, or 0.8%, to 4,118.96.
In Korea, the Kospi index ditched 40.87 points, or 1.3%, to 3,169.94.
In Singapore, the Straits Times index nicked ahead 1.13 points, to 4,208.26.
In Taiwan, the Taiex index plummeted 352.64 points, or 1.5%, to 22,987.92.
In New Zealand, the NZX 50 let go of 127.77 points, or 1%, to 12,833.74.
In Australia, the ASX 200 poked ahead nine points, or 0.1%, to 8,677.17.
