Tomohiro Ohsumi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific shares were mixed on Tuesday as investors digested the Bank of Japan’s briefing note and looked ahead to US midterm elections. Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 1.25 percent to 27,872.11 and the Topix gained 1.21 percent to close at 1,957.56. The S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.36% in Australia to end the session at 6,958.9. In South Korea, the Kospi gained 1.15% to close at 2,399.04 points. The Bank of Japan released a summary of board members’ views from the monetary policy meeting in October, when it left interest rates unchanged while international peers followed suit with huge rate hikes. Nintendo will report quarterly earnings later in the day. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index was 0.5 percent lower in its final hour of trading, while mainland China’s Shanghai Composite fell 0.43 percent and the Shenzhen Component lost 0.578 percent. Overnight in the U.S., stocks rose on Monday as investors looked ahead to a busy week with midterm elections and key inflation data on deck and shrugged off Apple’s bid warning. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 423.78 points, or 1.31%, at 32,827.00. The S&P 500 gained 0.96% to 3,806.80. The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.85 percent to 10,564.52, after trading between gains and losses earlier in the session. All three major averages posted a second consecutive positive day. — CNBC’s Sarah Min contributed to this report.
