Major stock market indexes in the Asia-Pacific region traded mixed on Wednesday after a report by the Statistics Bureau of Japan on Tuesday revealed that the inflation in the country added 2.2% in January on a yearly basis, dropping from 2.8% registered in December.
In other news, the Chinese National Press and Publication Administration (NPPA) approved an additional 111 online domestic games in February, while Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (SIE) announced it will reduce its global workforce by 8%.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.15% at 3:27 am CET, with South Korea's Kospi Composite up by 0.40% a minute later. Hong Kong's Hang Seng traded flat at 3:28 am CET, while, on the Chinese mainland, the Shanghai Composite and the Shenzhen Composite increased by 0.22% and 0.85%, respectively and Japan's Nikkei 225 was down 0.12% at 3:30 am CET.
The dollar traded 0.06% lower against the yen, going for ¥150.4125 at 3:31 am CET.
