Asian stocks were mixed on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump's latest comments on tariffs raised uncertainty in Chinese markets. Investors in Asia were relieved on Monday after Trump decided not to immediately impose significant tariffs on China.

Asian markets are mostly lower after shares slumped on Wall Street despite better-than-expected reports on the U.S. jobs market and business activity

U.S. stock indexes are drifting higher following a mostly encouraging batch of profit reports from big companies