Major stock exchanges in the Asia-Pacific region traded mixed on Tuesday with Nikkei 225 skyrocketing 3% and going above the 36,000 mark, as Japan's banking and technology sectors led the gains. Earlier today, a report showed that Japan's producer inflation ran at 3% in July. Traders will now be focusing on the United States consumer inflation coming later in the week.
Japan's Nikkei 225 soared 3.04% or 1,055 points at 6:58 am CET. A minute later, Australia's S&P/ASX 200 increased 0.10%.
In mainland China, the Shanghai Composite edged down 0.08% at 7:00 am CET, while the Shenzhen Composite lost 0.18% a minute later. At 7:02 am CET, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.24%, South Korea's Kospi Composite fell 0.15%, at the same time.
The dollar traded 0.34% above the yen at 7:00 am CET, selling for 147.71100.
