Hong Kong (CNN Business) Asian markets mostly rose after US President Donald Trump suggested a trade deal with China is in the final stages. Nikkei 225 N225 Kospi index KOSPI Hang Seng Index HSI Japan'srose 0.4% on Wednesday. Shanghai Composite COMP Government data released Wednesday showed that China's industrial profits declined 9.9% in October from a year earlier. China'sdropped as much as 0.5% in early trading, though recouped most of those losses.Government data released Wednesday showed that China's industrial profits declined 9.9% in October from a year earlier. Trump said Tuesday in Washington that the United States was in the "final throes of a very important deal" on trade.

Source: CNN November 27, 2019 02:48 UTC