There were no strong moves during the Asian trading on Wednesday, while Asian stocks were still looking for direction.
The Nikkei 225 index briefly rose, but quickly retreated and gave up its gains, losing 90 points, or 0.32%, to close at 28,140 on Wednesday.
Investors are awaiting US inflation data due later today. markets are awaiting the results of the Fed’s meeting minutes, to be released later today.