Major stock exchanges in Asia-Pacific traded mixed on Tuesday with investors reacting to economic data coming out of Japan.
Fresh PMI data showed that Japanese business activity contracted further in February, marking the fourth month of successive decline. The activity of the service sector, however, beat expectations and landed in the expansionary territory.
In mainland China, Shanghai Composite increased by 0.34% at 3:44 am CET, with Shenzhen Composite adding 0.22% a minute later. At 3:45 am CET, Australia's S&P/ASX 200 went down by 0.27% points as South Korea's Kospi went up by 0.13%.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell by 0.29% at 3:47 am CET, as the dollar went 0.04% up against the yen, going for ¥134.3080. Japan's Nikkei 225 traded flat at 3:35 am CET/