Asia-Pacific markets were mixed Wednesday, following gains on Wall Street as investors appeared unperturbed by the U.S. government shutdown.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 dropped 381.78 points, or 0.9%, to 44,550.85.
Over in Japan, the central bank released the results for its third-quarter Tankan survey. The Tankan survey measures business sentiment among domestic companies, and is closely watched by the Bank of Japan.
The index for business optimism among large Japanese manufacturers increased to +14 for the third quarter from +13 in the previous quarter, but was lower than the +15 expected by economists polled by Reuters. The non-manufacturing index held steady at +34.
A positive figure on the Tankan indicates that optimists outnumber pessimists.
Markets in Taiwan pared earlier gains to move upwards. Chip heavyweight TSMC was up 1.53% after AI darling Nvidia topped $4.5 trillion in market cap.
Markets in Hong Kong, Shanghai were closed for holidays.
In other markets
In Taiwan, the Taiex index jumped 162.37 points, or 0.6%, to 25,982.91
In Korea, the Kospi recovered 31.23 points, or 0.9%, to 3,455.83
In Singapore, the Straits Times Index gained 22.96 points, or 0.5%, to 4,323.12
In New Zealand, the NZX 50 picked up 141.63 points, or 1.1%, to 13,433.99.
In Australia, the ASX 200 retreated 3.12 points to 8,845.66
