Nintendo surged on Super Mario as Asian markets traded mixed on Thursday while investors weighed what the U.S. Federal Reserve Beige Book means for U.S. interest rates.
The Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo fell 53.67 points, or 0.3%, to 16,958.77,
In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index rebounded 177.53 points, or 0.8%, to 23,919.34
Japan-listed Nintendo shares surged 13.2% after news that the "Super Mario Run" mobile game will be available on Apple's app store in December. The U.S.-listed shares of Nintendo jumped more than 28% Wednesday after the announcement.
Japan revised its second-quarter gross domestic product growth up to 0.7% year-on-year, compared with the initial estimate of 0.2%.
The U.S. dollar was fetching 101.54 yen in Asian trade, compared with the dollar/yen pair trading above 103 last week before the market began to dial back expectations for the Fed to hike rates in September.
Australia saw its trade deficit narrow to A$2.4 billion ($1.84 billion U.S.) in July, with the value of exports rising 3% and imports remaining unchanged. The deficit figure was lower than analysts' expectations of A$2.7 billion ($2.07 billion U.S.)
The Beige Book, a key indicator of the U.S. economic health and closely watched by the Federal Reserve, showed moderate wage growth in coming months. Despite the labour market nearing full employment, broad-based wage pressures have so far been slow to pick up. But if wages start to rise, that would push up inflation in the months ahead and likely spur the Fed into action.
CHINA
The Shanghai CSI 300 fell 1.26 points to 3,339.56
On the regional data front, China's released stronger-than-expected trade data in August, as yuan-denominated exports rose 5.9% in August from a year earlier, while yuan-denominated imports rose 10.8%.
In other markets
The Taiex Index in Taiwan eked up 3.82 points, or 0.8%, to 9,262.89
In Korea, the Kospi index poked up 1.85 points, or 0.1%, to 2,063.73
In Singapore, the Straits Times Index moved higher 0.83 points to 2,894.48
In New Zealand, the NZX 50 dropped 36.37 points, or 0.5%, to 7,534.73
The ASX 200 regained 38.5 points, or 0.7%, to 5,385.75
