Asian stocks opened positive this week, led by China's shares after the week-long holiday in China, as volumes fell due to holiday in Japan and South Korea.
The recovery in stock levels comes despite concerns about North Korea's willingness to launch a long-range missile test, as well as a decline in statistics to measure the performance of China's service sector to its lowest level in 21 months.
Chinese equities advanced today as the CSI 300 index rose 1.75% to 67.09 points to 3,903.59. The Shanghai Composite Index rose 1.08% to 36.22 points and reached 3,385.16 points.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 0.48% to 136.64 points and reached 28,321.40
New Zealand's NZX 50 index gained 0.50% to 39.81 points and reached 8,017.15.
On the other hand, the S & P / ASX 200 index of Australian shares rose 0.77% to 44.13 points and reached 5,754.80
