Asian stocks open mostly positive

Asian stocks opened on a mixed tone but mostly positive today, as the Japanese, Australian, South Korean Kospi and Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose, while the Chinese and New Zealand stocks fell, amid the market focus shifting to Asian suppliers to Apple, as the former revealed yesterday the latest lineup of the iPhone.

The Japanese stocks saw a rise today, with Topix rising by 0.95% or 14.84 points to reach 1,572.83 points, and Nikkei 225 also rose by 0.57% or 122.04 points to 21,514.14.

While the Chinese stocks fell, as the CSI 300 shed 0.51% or 5.92 points to 3,939.19, and the Shanghai Composite fell by 0.20% or 5.92 points to 3,015.28.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose by 1.22% or 325.11 points to 27,008.79, while South Korea's Kospi rose by 0.29% or 16.37 points to 2,048.45.

To New Zealand's NZX 50, which fell by 1.87% or 208.79 points to 10,933.79, while the Australian S&P/ASX 200 rose by 0.18% or 12.05 points to 6,626.10.