Indian shares advanced on Wednesday led by gains in consumer goods stocks such as ITC while easing global tensions over a potential clash between the U.S. and North Korea also supported sentiment.
Financials pulled the index lower, with DBS Group Holdings falling 1.8 percent, United Overseas Bank shedding 1 percent and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp declining 0.8 percent.
Singapore's Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) signed partnerships with seven players in telco and financial industry to help SMEs adopt digital technology solutions.
Three telcos and four banks have signed agreement with Singapore's communications and media regulator to support small and medium-sized enterprises' Go Digital programme.
A bird flu or avian influenza is a disease that can affect human beings. Once affected, human beings will have symptoms like conjunctivitis, fever, muscle aches, nausea, abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting and severe respiratory illness.
Armed men believed to be members of the New People's Army (NPA) on Wednesday abducted a police officer in the town of Makilala in the province of North Cotabato in the Southern Philippines.