Roy Liu | Bloomberg via Getty Images Hong Kong shares were volatile, while mainland Chinese markets continued to slide on Tuesday, while other major Asian markets rose after Wall Street’s second consecutive positive session. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index rebounded slightly to trade 0.87% higher after falling earlier in the session. Hang Seng Tech was almost 4% higher after losing more than 3% at the open. Chinese U.S. tech stocks and the Hang Seng fell sharply to start the week as investor sentiment shifted after the conclusion of China’s party congress and the release of a slew of delayed economic data. Mainland China’s Shanghai Composite also reversed direction to rise 0.74%, while the Shenzhen Component gained 0.524%. The Nikkei 225 rose 1.21% and the Topix climbed 1.25%. In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.25%. South Korea’s Kospi was 0.35 percent higher, while the Kosdaq gained 0.17 percent. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.44 percent. Singapore’s inflation rose 7.5 percent in September, with core inflation rising 5.3 percent, official data showed on Tuesday. Overnight in the US, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 417.06 points, or 1.3%, to close at 31,499.62. The S&P 500 rose about 1.2% to close at 3,797.34. The Nasdaq Composite rose nearly 0.9% to close at 10,952.61.
