Global Markets Today, Oct. 8 -- Asian markets showed a mixed performance on Wednesday, diverging from Wall Street's losses, after the World Bank raised its growth outlook for the region on Tuesday.

This followed a summer of global economic turbulence fueled by U.S. tariff-related uncertainty.

Japan's Nikkei 225 was largely flat, while the Topix gained 0.62 per cent. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.3 per cent.

Meanwhile, futures for Hong Kong's Hang Seng index stood at 27,165, above Tuesday's closing level of 26,957.77.

Markets in mainland China and South Korea remained shut for holidays.

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