Asian equities rose on Thursday, extending the previous day�s rally, amid growing confidence in the global economic recovery but Shanghai bucked the trend due to fears of tight liquidity.
Hong Kong�s Hang Seng was up 0.39 percent or 88.77 points at 22,990.77.
Japan�s Nikkei gained 0.22 percent or 34.75 points at 15,843.48.
South Korea�s Seoul Composite added 0.21 percent or 4.17 points at 1,957.45.
Taiwan�s Taiwan Weighted advanced 0.71 percent or 60.92 points at 8,663.47.
Singapore�s Straits Times was flat at 3,142.72 and China�s Shanghai Composite fell 0.41 percent or 8.29 points at 2,015.06.