Asian stocks mostly gained on Wednesday, diverging from Wall Street’s choppy session as regional investors brushed off concerns over US trade policy shifts under President Donald Trump. While Wall Street wavered on tariff uncertainty and recession fears,

Wall Street’s sell-off is slowing following a scary stretch where worries about the economy and tariffs sent it close to 9% below its all-time high. The S&P 500 slipped 0.3%

South Korea’s consumer inflation for February rose 2% year on year, more than Reuters estimates of a 1.95% increase.