Investing.com - Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday with a surprise gain in Tokyo despite a missile test by North Korea early in the morning in Asia that rattled risk views.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.40% as defensive stocks came into play and in Australia the S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.63%.
In Greater China, the Shanghai Composite fell 0.55%, while the Hang Seng index dipped 0.33%.
N. Korea claimed the successful test of Hwasong-15 ICBM, adding the new missile can reach all of the US mainland.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday responded to the latest North Korean missile launch, saying, "I will only tell you that we will take care of it," and that the launch was "a situation that we will handle." Trump gave no details on precisely what he meant by this. Trump spoke from the White House Roosevelt Room, just hours after the launch.
Overnight, Major U.S. indexes closed at record highs, with the Dow Jones industrial average rising 1.09% to close at 23,836.71.