asiapacific stocks were varied wednesday jan 18 the japanese market showing a second day of increases hong kong stocks added with the hang seng index hkhsi up 05 at 2167800 while japans nikkei 225 index jpnik gained 25 to 2679112 chinas shanghai composite index cnshcomp was flat at 322441 and the ftse straits times index sgsti of singapore stocks increased 03 to 328955 the kospi composite index kr180721 of south korean stocks weakened 05 to 236832 while australias spasx 200 benchmark index auxjo increased 01 to 739340 among nikkei 225 index constituents metalworking machinery company amada jp6113 saw the largest increase wednesday as shares increased 67 shares of medical equipmentsupplies firm terumo jp4543 and games software company konami group jp9766 increased 63 and 61 respectively also in japan life insurance company daiichi life holdings jp8750 saw the largest decline wednesday as shares fell 17 shares of life insurance firm td holdings jp8795 and integrated banks company mitsubishi ufj finl jp8306 dropped 16 and 08 respectively among the hang seng index constituents online service providers company netease hk9999 saw the largest increase wednesday as shares increased 65 shares of portable power tools firm techtronic industries hk669 and gambling industries company sands china hk1928 rose 50 and 38 respectively shares of motor vehicle dealing company zhongsheng group holdings hk881 saw the largest decline in hong kong as shares declined 83 on wednesday shares of real estate servicestransactions firm country garden holdings hk2007 and property managers company country garden svcs hk6098 weakened 64 and 55 respectively editors note this story was autogenerated by automated insights an automation technology provider using data from dow jones and factset see our market data terms of use