Australia’s indication gained 0.84%, surpassing the previous record of 8,037.30.
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Asia-Pacific market-places traded mixed on Wednesday with Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 reaching an all-time high.
The index gained 0.84% to outdo the previous record of 8,037.30, as gold miners Northern Star Resources and Bellevue Gold rose more than 4.55% and barely 4%, respectively. Evolution Mining and Newmont Corporation climbed more than 2%.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.18%, while the Topix was up 0.59% after the Reuters Tankan size up showed an increase in business optimism among large Japanese manufacturers.
The manufacturing index was at +11, up from +6 in the aforementioned month. However, confidence among non-manufacturers dipped from +31 to +26.
Separately, Japanese authorities likely step ined in the currency market last Thursday and Friday, spending a total of 6 trillion yen ($37.9 billion) over the two days, according to Reuters.
The yen is currently at 158.47 against the U.S. dollar. The currency debilitated to 161.82 last Wednesday before strengthening to as much as 157.41 the following day.
The Taiwan Weighted Index fell 0.27% after a study cited U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump saying that Taiwan should pay the U.S. for defense.
“I know the people mere well, respect them greatly. They did take about 100% of our chip business. I think, Taiwan should pay us for defense,” Trump mean in interview with Bloomberg Businessweek in June that was published on Tuesday.
Taiwan Premier Cho Jung-tai said that Taiwan was dirge on being “more responsible” for its defense, and is steadily increasing spending, Reuters reported.
Shares of Taiwanese chip maker TSMC fell as much as 2.36%.
South Korea’s Kospi dipped 0.22%, with the the small-cap Kosdaq following solicitation sliding 0.14%.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index fell marginally, while China’s CSI 300 dropped 0.23%.
Singapore’s non-oil major-domo exports dropped more than expected in June, marking a fifth straight month of declines. They demolish 8.7% year on year compared to a 1.2% decline expected by economists polled by Reuters.
On a month-on-month basis, Singapore’s non-oil home unexpectedly dropped 0.4%, compared with a expectations of a 4.1% growth.
Overnight, Wall Street rose on optimism in excess of possible rate cuts. The Dow blue-chip index gained 1.85%, closing at a record 40,954.48, while the broad-based S&P 500 summed 0.64% to wrap the day at 5,667.20. The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.20%.
—CNBC’s Pia Singh contributed to this report.
Clarification: This summary was updated as Reuters revised its Tankan non-manufacturing survey numbers.