As the Fed Minutes Meet Expectations, Wall Street Rallies

Asia Pacific stocks were mostly down on Thursday morning. The Shanghai Composite is up 0.59% at 3,125.88. Overall, the Singapore MSCI is up 1.50% at 294.40. Over in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index is down 0.41% at 20,042. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 is down 0.11% at 26,650.00, while the Topix index is up 0.11% at 1879.50. South Korea’s Kospi is down 0.27% at 2610.09. Australia S&P/ASX 200 down 0.52% at 7118.20.