Asian stocks ended mostly higher for the third day in a row Thursday despite any apparent progress in Greek debt talks. With Eurozone finance ministers ruling out bailout talks until after Sunday's referendum.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index rose 32.29 points or 0.12 percent to 26,282.32 as trading resumed after a public holiday while the benchmark Nikkei average climbed 193.18 points or 0.95 percent to close at 20,522.50
Chinese stocks tanked even as the country's securities regulator relaxed rules on margin trading as part of efforts to curb downward pressure on the market. The benchmark Shanghai Composite index plunged as much as 6.4 percent early in the day before regaining some of its loss to end the session down 140.93 points or 3.48 percent at 3,912.77.
Japanese shares finished higher, led by automakers after the biggest companies posted strong U.S. sales in June. Suzuki Motor, Mazda Motor, Nissan and Honda Motor rose between 1.2 percent and 3.5 percent. Nikon rose 0.7 percent and Sony added 1.2 percent as the yen weakened on strong U.S. economic data and hopes for a deal to keep Greece in the euro zone.
The broader Topix index of all first-section issues advanced 0.72 percent to finish at 1,648.24.
In other markets:
Bangkok dropped 0.86 percent, or 12.93 points, to 1,491.62.
Mumbai fell 0.27 percent, or 75.07 points, to 27,945.80.
Malaysia's key index gained 0.34 percent, or 5.92 points, to 1,733.88.
Singapore's Straits Times Index fell 0.1 percent, or 3.30 points, to 3,327.84.
Jakarta ended up 0.83 percent, or 40.72 points, to 4.944.78.
Taipei was marginally higher, edging up 4.01 points to 9,379.24.
Wellington rose 0.81 percent, or 47.11 points, to 5,841.47.
Manila was slightly up, adding 3.16 points to 7,578.31.
