Shares in the Asia-Pacific were mixed Thursday as investors digest economic data in the region.
The Hang Seng index was up 0.71% in the final hour of trade after jumping more than 3% in early trade, boosted by tech stocks. The Hang Seng Tech index rose more than 4% early in the session and was last up 0.9%.
The broader Hang Seng index lost 5% this week after seeing sharp falls on Monday.
In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.5% to 6,845.10 and South Korea's Kospi added 1.74% to 2,288.78. The MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.94%.
Japan's Nikkei 225 was 0.32% lower at 27,345.24 while the Topix lost 0.66% to 1,905.56. Mainland China's Shanghai Composite slid 0.55% to 2,982.90, and the Shenzhen Component shed 0.63% to 10,750.14.
South Korea's third-quarter GDP grew 0.3% from the previous quarter, the slowest growth since the third quarter of 2021. China's industrial profits for January to September fell 2.3% compared to a year ago, the National Bureau of Statistics reported.
The Bank of Japan begins its two-day meeting on monetary policy Thursday. In corporate news, Samsung Electronics announced its third quarter earnings after releasing estimates earlier this month.
Overnight on Wall Street, the Nasdaq fell 2.04% to close at 10,970.99. The S&P 500 shed 0.74% to 3,830.60. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 2.37 points, roughly flat for the day and ending at 31,839.11.