Futures pointed to a mixed open for Asia on Wednesday, following a mixed finish on Wall Street overnight.
Australian SPI futures were up 0.4 percent at 5,215, compared to theASX 200's last close at 5,220.64.
Nikkei futures in Chicago were down 0.31 percent at 17,485 while Osaka was up 0.92 percent at 17,460. The Japanese benchmark index finished at 17,353.28 on Tuesday.
Stateside, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 0.07 percent, theS&P 500 finished higher by 0.19 percent and the Nasdaq compositewas down 0.15 percent.
In after-hours trade, Nasdaq 100 futures fell more than 1 percent, following a sharp drop in Apple shares on disappointing earnings.
Apple shares fell more than 8 percent in after-hours trading, erasing more than $46 billion in market capitalization.
The tech giant reported fiscal second-quarter earnings of $1.90 per diluted share on $50.5 billion in revenue. Wall Street expected Apple to report earnings of about $2 a share on $51.9 billion in revenue.
Elsewhere, oil prices advanced overnight after the American Petroleum Institute reported a drawdown of nearly 1.1 million barrels in U.S. crude inventories last week, versus a 2.4 million-barrel build expected by analysts in a poll.
Brent crude futures finished up $1.26 at $45.74 a barrel, while U.S. crude futures settled higher by $1.4 to $44.04.
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