Asia-Pacific markets mostly traded Tuesday as investors digested a slew of Chinese economic data.
In mainland China, the Shenzhen Component ended its session 0.13% higher at 11,800.55 and the Shanghai Composite fell 0.1% to 3,224.24 as data showed nation's GDP grew by 3% in 2022, marking one of the slowest growth in decades.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell 0.78% in its final hour of trade while the Hang Seng Tech index also shed 0.14%.
Stocks in Japan bucked the trend, with the Nikkei 225 rising 1.23% to close at 26,138.68, leading gains in the region as the Bank of Japan kicked off its two-day monetary policy meeting. The yield on Japan's 10-year treasury continued to test the upper ceiling of the central bank's tolerance range. The Topix inched up 0.88% to close at 1,902.89.
The Japanese yen weakened 0.2% against the U.S. dollar to 128.79, while still hovering around the strongest levels since May, 2022.
In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.03% to close at 7,386.3 as the nation's Westpac consumer confidence rose 5% in December from 3% in November, Refinitiv data showed. South Korea's Kospi fell 0.85% to close at 2,379.39 and the Kosdaq shed 1% to 709.71.