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Asia-Pacific markets climbed Tuesday, after two key Wall Street benchmarks rose as investors awaited clarity on U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff rollout.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.91%, after the Reserve Bank of Australia held interest rates at 4.1%, in line with expectations, as the country heads to the polls on May 3.
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 pared earlier gains to trade flat, while the broader Topix index was up 0.12% in choppy trade.
Japanese markets fell into correction territory in the previous session, with the Nikkei 225 falling 4.05% to end the day at a six-month low.
The Kospi index advanced 1.66% while the small-cap Kosdaq surged 2.88%.
Mainland China’s CSI 300 was up 0.29% while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index increased 1.06%.
China’s Caixin PMI for March came in at 51.2, compared to the 51.1 reading penciled by economists in Reuters’ poll, and slightly higher than the 50.8 reading in the previous month.
India’s benchmark Nifty 50 rose 0.1% in choppy trade at the open while the broader BSE Sensex dropped 0.42%.
— CNBC’s Brian Evans and Lisa Kailai Han contributed to this report.
