There were mixed tones on Asia's leading stock exchanges on Wednesday morning. In Japan, it was gloomy, as the Nikkei 225 and Topix index were both down 2.1 and 1.1 percent, respectively.
In Hong Kong, on the other hand, things looked brighter, with the Hang Seng index up 0.8 percent at lunchtime. Shanghai's and Shenzhen's composite index were also up 0.7 and 0.4 percent, respectively.
