DHAKA: Shares in Asia are mixed but Mitsubishi Motors tumble after the carmaker warns of misconduct in fuel economy tests.

Its shares fell as much as 17%. On the broader Tokyo exchange, the Nikkei 225 index rose by 0.24%, to 16,914.41, reports the BBC.

Earlier, official figures showed that Japanese exports had fallen 6.8% compared with a year earlier.

Imports in turn dropped even more sharply, by 14.9% leaving the country with the highest trade surplus in five years.

China’s mainland benchmark Shanghai Composite fell by 2.6% to 2,965.31 while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng lost 1.4% to 21,128.06 points.

In Australia, the ASX/200 was up by 0.4% to 5,210.1 points and in South Korea, the Kospi index dipped 0.1% to 2,008.7 points.

BDST: 1224 HRS, APR 20, 2016
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**Japanese markets rebound on Tuesday