Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed on Wednesday with Australia's S&P/ASX 200 reaching an all-time high, while an increase in business optimism among large Japanese manufacturers lifted Japanese stocks.
Japan's Nikkei 225 declined 0.43% to close at 41,097.69, while the Topix rose 0.37% to end at 2,915.21.
The Taiwan Weighted Index fell 0.77% after a report cited U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump saying that Taiwan should pay the U.S. for defense.
I think, Taiwan should pay us for defense," Trump said in interview with Bloomberg Businessweek in June that was published on Tuesday.
On a month-on-month basis, Singapore's non-oil domestic unexpectedly dropped 0.4%, compared with a expectations of a 4.1% growth.
Persons:
Australia's, Donald Trump, Trump, Cho Jung, TSMC, Georges Elhedery, Elhedery, Noel Quinn
Organizations:
Reuters, U.S ., Nikkei, Northern Star Resources, Bellevue, Mining, Newmont Corporation, CSI, Republican, Bloomberg Businessweek, Taiwan, HSBC Holdings, Hong
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Asia, Pacific, Gold, Taiwan, Hong Kong