Major stock indexes in the Asia-Pacific region traded mostly higher on Wednesday as investors assessed Japan's trade data ahead of the Bank of Japan's (BoJ) rate decision due later in the week.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.31% at 3:01 am CET, a minute later South Korea's Kospi Composite gained 0.88%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng jumped by 0.74% at 3:03 am CET, while, on the Chinese mainland, the Shanghai Composite rose by 0.84%, the Shenzhen Composite gained 0.29% at 3:04 am CET and Japan's Nikkei 225 lost 0.15% at 3:05 am CET.
The dollar traded 0.07% higher against the yen, going for ¥153.6255 at 3:06 am CET.
