Asian markets were trading mixed.

Asian markets were trading mixed. The Nikkei in Tokyo rallied 1.3% to 12,969 while the Hang Seng in Hong Kong was nearly unchanged at 22,531. The Kospi in Seoul was down 0.3% at 1557 while the Straits Times in Singapore dropped 0.7% at 2899. The Taiex in Taiwan lost 0.2% at 7074 and the Shanghai Composite in China shed 0.5% to 2847.