An investor looks at a stock price monitor at a private securities company in Shanghai, China. In Asia, Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average closed up 0.3

Wed Sep 30, 6:34 PM
An investor looks at a stock price monitor at a private securities company in Shanghai, China. In Asia, Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average closed up 0.3 per cent while Hong Kong's Hang Seng 0.3 per cent. China's Shanghai index rose 0.9 per cent. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Eugene Hoshiko

An investor looks at a stock price monitor at a private securities company in Shanghai, China. In Asia, Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average closed up 0.3 per cent while Hong Kong's Hang Seng 0.3 per cent. China's Shanghai index rose 0.9 per cent. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Eugene Hoshiko