Asian shares were mostly higher Wednesday after U.S. stocks slipped a bit further from their records, while oil prices advanced as doubts persisted over when the war with Iran will allow crude to flow freely again. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Associated Press.
Tokyo's Nikkei 225 gained 0.6% to 67334.94.
In South Korea, the Kospi gained 4% to 6,597.90 on renewed buying of computer chipmakers. Samsung Electronics gained 7.7% and memory makers also rose.