Asian stocks were lower on Wednesday, with European banking sector concerns and lower crude oil prices dulling investors' appetite for riskier assets. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS was down 0.2 percent, erasing earlier modest gains.
Japan's Nikkei share average fell on Wednesday, pressured by the yen's recent strength as well as ex-dividend share price adjustments.
The Nikkei dropped 1.3 percent, or 218.53 points, to end at 16,465.40. The ex-dividend price adjustment trimmed the Nikkei by about 115-120 points, according to market participants.
China stocks weakened on Wednesday despite strength in property shares, with thin trading indicating investors' reluctance to participate days ahead of the week-long National Day holiday that starts on Oct. 1.
China's blue-chip CSI300 index fell 0.3 percent, to 3,230.89, while the Shanghai Composite Index also lost 0.3 percent, to 2,987.86 points.
Hong Kong shares were little changed on Wednesday, as sentiment cooled following the previous day's robust gain that partly stemmed from perceptions that Democrat Hillary Clinton put in the stronger performance in the first U.S. presidential debate.
The Hang Seng index rose 0.2 percent, to 23,619.65, while the China Enterprises Index lost 0.3 percent, to 9,719.84 points.
Reference: Reuters
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