Asian stocks kept its profits, regardless of Wall Street’s decrease earlier, amid U.S. president Trump threatened to shut down government if he had to; in order to fund wall construction between U.S. and Mexico.
Trump also threatened to dismiss NAFTA, with both Canada and Mexico, as the three countries fail to reach a compromise, which in turn negatively affected Wall Street and curbed Asian Market.
Japanese shares decreased, as TOPIX fell 0.02% or 0.28 points to 1,230.60, while Nikkei 225 declined 0.04% or 7.26 points to 19,427.38.
Chinese CSI 300 fell 0.30% or 11.30 points to 3,744.79, while Shanghai decreased 0.23% or 7.70 points to 3,280.01.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng advanced 0.40% or 108.97 points to 27,510.64, while South Korea’s KOSPI rose 0.34% or 8.16 points to 2,374.56.
New Zealand’s NZX 50 gained 0.03%, or 2.44 points to 7,881.90, and finally Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 increased 0.24% or 13.74 points to 5,750.90.