Stock markets in the Asian region demonstrate a mixed performance as investors shift their focus to the United States (US) Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) data for August, which will be released on Friday.

At press time, Nikkei225 is slightly down to near 64,250, Shanghai trades 0.2% higher to near 3,450, KOSPI jumps 0.3% to near 6,585, while Hang Seng declines 0.3% to near 25,230.