Asian stock markets were mostly higher Tuesday after Wall Street gained as investors looked ahead to this week’s gathering of central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng advanced 1% to 27,437.76 while Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 shed 0.1% to 19,379.75.
In corporate news, Japan's Fujitsu said it intended to sell its mobile phone operations, according to Nikkei Asian Review. The earliest round of bidding for the unit could take place as soon as September, Nikkei said. Fujitsu stock closed up 0.60%.
Hong Kong property stocks were active. China Overseas Land saw its shares rise more than 5% after it announced Monday that it was raising its full-year sales target by 10%. The company's shares were last up 3.92%.
The Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.2% to 3,292.30 points.
In other markets:
Sydney’s S&P-ASX 200 advanced 0.2% to 5,738.70.
India’s Sensex gained just under 0.1% to 31,282.90.
South Korea's Kospi climbed 0.44%, or 10.33 points, to end at 2,365.33
