Asian shares lifted by official China's PMI data

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Source: Marketwatch
Asian share markets traded mostly higher on Wednesday as most of investors returned from holiday and anticipated optimistic Chinese official PMI data which indicated expansion. Hang Seng index climbed 1%, Shanghai Composite index added 1.8% and South Korea's Kospi gained 0.8%. Japanese Nikkei 225 index surged 0.3% and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 soared 0.1%.
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