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Asia shares trade mixed on Wall Street gains | Asia shares trade mixed on Wall Street gains |
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Asian shares were mixed on Tuesday, pulling back from Monday's big gains despite Wall Street ending with record highs overnight. | |
New York shares reached new records on imprved investor confidence with the Dow Jones at 17,817.9, while the S&P 500 rose to 2,069.4. | |
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 closed up 0.29% at 17,407.62 points after being closed for a public holiday on Monday. | |
The dollar rose to 118.38 yen, up from 118.25 yen in New York trade. | The dollar rose to 118.38 yen, up from 118.25 yen in New York trade. |
The dollar has jumped some 10% against the yen, benefiting Japanese exporters. | The dollar has jumped some 10% against the yen, benefiting Japanese exporters. |
Hong Kong shares opened lower after a sharp rise the previous session spurred by a surprise rate cut by China's central bank. | |
By the end of the trading day, the benchmark Hang Seng index had closed down 0.21% at 23843.91 points , but the Shanghai Composite closed up 1.37% at 2,567.60 points, its highest since August 2011. | |
In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 index closed down 0.5% at 5,334.80 points. | |
Shares of Australia's largest private health insurer made their highly anticipated debut on the Australian market after a A$5.679bn (£3.1bn; $4.9bn) initial public offering, the largest in Asia in two years. | |
The health insurer's shares first traded at a premium of A$2.22, compared with the A$2.15 institutional investors had paid, and the A$2 paid by retail investors. The firm's shares ended up closing at A$2.14. | |
In South Korea, the benchmark Kospi closed up 0.08% at 1,980.28 points after climbing to a seven-week high of 1,978.54 on Monday. | |