Asian stock markets settled higher on Thursday as investors mulled the US Federal Reserve's interest rate hike.
Japan's benchmark index, Nikkei 225 rose 12.76 points or 0.07 percent to settle at 19,590.14. China's benchmark index, Shanghai Composite rose 27.18 points or 0.84 percent to close at 3,268.94. Hong Kong's Hang Seng jumped 495.43 points or 2.08 percent to end at 24,288.28.
Singapore's Straits Times gained 26.09 points or 0.83 percent to end at 3,163.52. South Korea's KOSPI went up 17.08 points or 0.8 percent to end at 2,150.08. Taiwan's TAIEX gained 97.52 points or 1 percent to end at 9,837.83.