Asia trading firm; Shanghai Composite, Hang Seng up

At 7: 47 am (IST), Asian markets were trading firm. China's Shanghai Composite was up 0.47% or 13.67 points at 2,948.84. Also Read - How US markets closed

Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 0.50% or 97.76 points at 19,648.65.

Japan's Nikkei was down 0.44% or 44.17 points at 9,907.65. Also Read - How Indian Markets closed

Singapore's Straits Times was down 0.15% or 4.16 points at 2,689.46.

South Korea's Seoul Composite was up 0.41% or 6.38 points at 1,559.17.

Taiwan's Taiwan Weighted rose 1.45% or 104.30 points at 7,320.18.