Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index and the Shanghai Composite Index each gained 1.2%, to 18256.20 and 2412.39, respective, while Japan's Nikkei Stock Average and South Korea's Kospi each rose 2.3%, to 8477.82 and 1856.52, respectively.
Asian shares fell after the release of the data, with the main index in Shanghai falling 1.4%.
Chinese stocks were higher ahead of the data, with Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index up 0.9% and the Shanghai Composite Index 2.1% higher.
Chinese stocks were higher ahead of the data, with Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index up 0.5% and the Shanghai Composite Index 1.1% higher.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index was down 0.5%, while the Shanghai Composite Index was fighting the trend with a 0.1% gain.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index added 2% to 20739.45, and the Shanghai Composite Index also gained 2%, to 2312.56.
In China, where Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index climbed 0.7% and the mainland's Shanghai Composite Index dropped 0.2%, investors were digesting a string of earnings reports from large Chinese companies.
On Tuesday, market techie Tom DeMark told Bloomberg that the last seller has sold the Shanghai Index.
This year, the Dow Jones Shanghai Index is up 12.46% year to date.
It was the nine percent drop in the Shanghai index on Tuesday that triggered the global slide in stock prices.
Its shares are up 8.1% this year, outperforming the benchmark Shanghai index.
The Shanghai Index subsequently dropped to levels not seen since 2000.
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Sentiment is likely to remain weak today after the main index of the Shanghai Stock Exchange fell to a three-year low on Friday amid worries about slowing global growth and a lack of domestic stimulus to offset it.
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Japan's Nikkei Stock Average jumped 2% to 9768.96, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index rose 1.3% to 20900.73 and China's Shanghai Composite Index climbed 1.1% to 2420.28, all three rising for the first time this week.
In China, where Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index climbed 0.6% to 22251.15 and the mainland's Shanghai Composite Index ended down 0.1% at 2326.71, investors were digesting a string of earnings reports from large Chinese companies.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index climbed 0.3%, to 20741.45, while China's Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.4%, to 2396.32.
In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index was down 1.1% to 18, 178.05, while the Shanghai Composite Index rose 1.7% to 3, 060.25.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 0.3% to 22, 484, the lowest close since April 25, while the Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.3% to 2317.75.
The Shanghai Composite Index finished in negative territory for the second consecutive year, down 21.7%.
It has outperformed the Shanghai Composite Index, which dropped 5% in the same period.
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The Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.4% in the mainland and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index was flat.
The Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.3% in the mainland and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index was flat.
The Shanghai Composite Index ended down 0.9 percent at 2, 109.9, its lowest close since March 3, 2009.
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In Asia, China's Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.5% to a one-month low and declined 4.9% on the week.
The Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.7 percent to 2, 199.41 and the Shenzhen Composite Index rose 1.3 percent to 935.07.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 0.9 percent to 21, 918.09 and the Shanghai Composite Index added 0.4 percent to 2, 221.42.
The Shanghai Composite Index has traded between 2220.08 and 2369.65 since March 1.
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