In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 shed 0.6% to 28,981.63. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index added 0.7% to 20,195.37 and the Shanghai Composite index surged 1.7% to 3,392.26. South Korea’s KOSPI climbed 0.6% to 2,514.58, while the SandP/ASX 200 gained 0.7% in Sydney to 7,271.60.
In other trading, benchmark US crude oil picked up 42 cents to $71.76 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, the international pricing standard, added 41 cents to $75.71 per barrel.
The dollar slipped to 134.75 Japanese yen from 134.88 yen. The euro rose to $1.1043 from $1.1023
Source: Saudi Press Agency