Stocks in Asia were broadly higher on Wednesday afternoon following a strong bounce on Wall Street overnight.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 advanced by 1.18 percent in afternoon trade, while the Topix index gained 1.45 percent, with most sectors still trending up.
Shares of Softbank shed some earlier gains but traded up by around 1.9 percent in the afternoon after the company's Chief Operating Officer Marcelo Claure said earlier that it was "anxiously looking" at developments related to the disappearance of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Softbank has close ties to the Saudi administration, with a significant proportion of its investment capital stemming from the country.
In South Korea, the Kospi continued to trade higher by around 1 percent in the afternoon, with shares of industry heavyweight Samsung Electronics seeing gains of 1.61 percent.
The ASX 200 traded up by 1.13 percent in the afternoon, with most sectors trending higher — the energy subindex was up by 0.75 percent, while the heavily weighted financials industry saw a gain of 1.39 percent.
The mainland Chinese markets, however, were mixed in the afternoon. The Shanghai composite was higher by 0.1 percent while the Shenzhen composite slipped by around 0.3 percent.
Source: CNBC
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