Asia markets were mixed on Wednesday morning following the Dow Jones Industrial Average's record high overnight on Wall Street.
The Nikkei 225 slipped by 0.64 percent in the morning, while the Topix index declined by 0.56 percent. Shares of major Japanese automakers fell, with Toyota falling by 2.36 percent while Honda saw losses of 3.18 percent.
"If you look at Japan, the economy's sort of improving and it's not subject to the U.S. trade war right now," Kevin Leung, an executive director of investment strategy at Haitong International Securities, said on CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Wednesday morning.
"If you're looking from a longer term perspective... I'm not too worried about the Japanese market," he added.
In Australia, the ASX 200 extended gains to trade up by 0.26 percent in the morning, with shares of gold miners surging: Newcrest Mining rose by 2.28 percent while Evolution Mining advanced by 3.8 percent.
Over in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index dipped by 0.18 percent in the early hours of trading action.
Source: CNBC
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