Asian stocks mostly advanced Thursday, with resource issues such as Inpex Holdings Inc. and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. climbing in Tokyo on a rebound in prices for crude oil and metals.
Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei 225 index advanced 1.5 percent to 13,389.9, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 1.6 percent to 24,264.6.
Shares of exporters gave up some of their steep gains from the previous session in Tokyo, after the overnight decline on Wall Street. Honda Motor Co. lost 1%, while Nintendo gave up 1.3%.
However, shares of Toshiba Corp. surged 5.9%, rallying on a Nikkei business daily report that it's expected to receive orders to build four nuclear power plants in the U.S. in deals worth a combined 1.4 trillion yen ($13.7 billion).
Also higher in Tokyo, shares of Sony Corp. rose 1.2%. The company will revamp some of its production and implement other cost-saving initiatives to soften the effects of the appreciating yen, company President Ryoji Chubachi said at a Thursday news conference, according to reports.
China's Shanghai Composite ended 2.9% to 3,446.24 in another volatile session, during which it had hit a 52-week low at 3,271.29.
Elsewhere:
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 climbed 1.9% to 5,608.90.
South Korea's Kospi added 1.2% to 1,763.63.
New Zealand's NZX 50 index advanced 1% to 3,629.98.
Taiwan's Weighted index slipped 0.1% to 8,596.34.
with files from other wire services
