Asian markets trading mixed; Shanghai Composite slips 1.2%

At 7: 46 am (IST), Asian markets were trading mixed. China's Shanghai Composite slipped 1.21% or 36.32 points at 2,974.20.

Japan's Nikkei was up 0.25% or 24.59 points at 9,706.80.
Singapore's Straits Times was flat at 3,191.68.
South Korea's Seoul Composite was up 0.22% or 4.78 point at 2,202.60.
Taiwan's Taiwan Weighted was down 0.13% or 11.89 points at 8,957.54.
Hang Seng market shut today.