06:48 AM EDT, 08/06/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Asian stock markets were choppy Wednesday, as traders awaited news from Beijing-Washington trade negotiations and digested earnings-season results.

Shanghai and Tokyo finished in the green, while Hong Kong edged sideways. Other regional exchanges were also mixed.

In Japan, the Nikkei 225 opened evenly but rose to the close, finishing up 0.6% as public companies issued generally good earnings reports.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 245.32 to 40,794.86, as gaining issues outnumbered losers 180 to 44.

Leading the upside was Japan Steel Works, up 6.1%, while machine-tool maker Okuma declined 9.3%.

In economic news, real wages in Japan in June fell 1.3% from a year earlier, as inflation outstripped nominal pay and bonus increases, reported the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index opened evenly, waffled and closed essentially flat as investors awaited more earnings reports from China-based enterprises, and clarity on the China-US trade outlook.

The broad gauge Hang Seng rose 8.10 to 24,910.63, as losing issues outnumbered gainers 47 to 35. The Hang Seng TECH Index gained 0.2% on the day, while the Mainland Properties Index rose 0.1%.

Leading the upside was BYD Electronic International, gaining 6.7%, while Li Auto declined 5.4%.

On the mainland, the Shanghai Composite rose 0.5% to 3,633.99.

On the other regional exchanges, the S. Korean KOSPI was flat; the Taiwan TWSE declined 0.9%; the Australian ASX 200 added 0.8%; the Singapore Straits Times Index rose 0.5%, and the Thai Set inclined 1.4%. In late trading in Mumbai, the Sensex was down 0.2%.

In other news, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept its key policy interest rate unchanged at 5.50% on Wednesday, following a larger-than-expected 50 basis point cut in June.