Asia stocks followed Wall Street higher on Wednesday, while the dollar firmed against the yen following the release of upbeat U.S. economic data overnight.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS rose 0.5 percent.
Dec 28 China stocks fell in timid trade on Wednesday, with sentiment dampened by a regulator's latest measures to put insurers' aggressive stock investments under stricter supervision.
Both the CSI300 index and the Shanghai Composite Index extended Tuesday's losses and fell 0.4 percent, to 3,302.21 points and 3,102.54 points respectively.
Hong Kong stocks advanced on the first trading day following the Christmas break, with a bounce in commodity prices on the mainland lifting energy and raw materials shares.
The benchmark Hang Seng index added 0.8 percent, to 21,754.74 points, while the Hong Kong China Enterprises Index, which tracks Chinese companies listed in Hong Kong, gained 1.3 percent, to 9,300.63points
Reference: Reuters
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