Asia-Pacific markets opened mixed Wednesday, following gains on Wall Street as investors appeared unperturbed by a looming U.S. government shutdown.
Over in Japan, the central bank released the results for its third-quarter Tankan survey. The Tankan survey measures business sentiment among domestic companies, and is closely watched by the Bank of Japan.
The index for business optimism among large Japanese manufacturers increased to +14 for the third quarter from +13 in the previous quarter, but was lower than the +15 expected by economists polled by Reuters. The non-manufacturing index held steady at +34.
A positive figure on the Tankan indicates that optimists outnumber pessimists.
Investors in Asia also await the Reserve Bank of India’s interest-rate decision later in the day.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 sunk 1.05%, while the broad based Topix was down 1.52%.
In South Korea, the blue-chip Kospi was up 0.68%, and the small-cap Kosdaq gained 0.77%.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.25% in early trade.
Markets on mainland China and Hong Kong were closed for a holiday.
Overnight in the U.S., the S&P 500 closed up 0.41% at 6,688.46, while the Nasdaq Composite climbed 0.31% to finish at 22,660.01.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 81.82 points, or 0.18%, to close at 46,397.89 — a fresh closing high.
—CNBC’s Sean Conlon and Pia Singh contributed to this report.
Source: CNBC