Japan’s Nikkei hits 3-month high amid a broad rise in Asia-Pacific markets; China stocks fall

Asia-Pacific markets mostly rose Tuesday, following gains on Wall Street that saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 reach new record highs.

Investors assessed trade data out of South Korea, which showed a trade surplus of $6.7 billion in September, up from $3.7 billion in the previous month.

South Korea’s Kospi as well as the small-cap Kosdaq were marginally higher in choppy trading.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.9% in early trading.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 gained 1.5%, while the broad-based Topix rose 1.1%.

Mainland China’s CSI 300 was down 0.1%, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index fell 0.7%.

On Wall Street, the broad market S&P climbed 0.77% to 5,859.85, while the 30-stock Dow advanced 201.36 points to 43,065.22, ending the session above the 43,000 mark for the first time.

The Nasdaq Composite added 0.87%, closing at 18,502.69.

— CNBC’s Yun Li and Lisa Kailai Han contributed to this report.