Asian shares shook offer earlier jitters to close mostly higher Wednesday, with automotive shares among notable gainers after the yen fell against the U.S. dollar while banks such as Macquarie Group advanced in Sydney.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index dropped 308.06, or 2.1 percent, to 14,181.38.
Exporters took a hit, with Canon Inc. dropping 4.4 percent.
Toyota Motor Corp. led automotive and export-related shares higher in Tokyo after the yen weakened against the dollar in New York trading Tuesday.
On the data front -- Japan's government said Wednesday gross domestic product expanded a revised 1 percent in the January to March quarter, or 4 percent annualized, up from its initial estimate of a 3.3 percent expansion. Consensus estimates were for revised GDP growth of 0.9 percent.
China's Shanghai Composite Index closed 1.5% lower at 3,024.24. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index closed 0.2% lower at 23,327.60.
Elsewhere:
South Korea's Composite Stock Index rebounded from earlier losses to close 0.4% higher at 1,781.67.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 also reversed a weaker start to end 0.6% higher at 5,456.30.
Taiwan's Weighted Price index fell 0.3%.
Singapore's Straits Times Index firmed 0.5%.
Indonesia's JSX Composite ended little changed.
Malaysia's KLSE added fell 0.1%.
Thailand's SET Index shed 0.2%.
New Zealand's NZX-50 index fell 0.5%.
India's Sensex index climbed 2.3%.
with files from other wire services
