Asian stocks traded mixed after midday. The Nikkei 225 Stock Average remained under pressure today and last settled at 15,797, down 112 pts or 0.7%; S&P/ASX 200 and New Zealand Exchange 50 Gross Index softened after early gains; Philippines Stock Exchange PSEi Index slipped 0.5% to 5,955; S&P BSE SENSEX Index and Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index last stood at 20,689 and 4,187, down nearly 0.5% and 0.4% respectively.

In contrast, Korea Stock Exchange KOSPI Index and Stock Exchange of Thailand SET Index stood at 1,965 and 1,240, up 0.6% and 0.8%; Taiwan Weighted Index mounted 0.3% to 8,527; Vietnam Ho Chi Minh Stock Index/ VN-Index kept moving higher by 0.6% to 512; Straits Times Index STI and Hang Seng Index edged up 0.2%. In addition, Shanghai Composite Index and Shenzhen Component Index last held flat at 2,046 and 7,818.

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Seoul, Thai stocks inch up 0.5%; Nikkei dips 0.7%