The DOW Jones and S&P 500 were trading slightly negative in Wednesday's trading session after dovish minutes from the Federal Reserve retreating from previous sessions highs. The DOW Jones closed at 17,685.73, a loss of -0.01% and the S&P500 closed lower with a small loss of -0.15% at 2,048.72 points.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng trading +0.09% at 23,392.28 and China's Shanghai Composite +0.07% closing at 2,452.62 points were slightly positive despite a loss of momentum in China's economy as the preliminary HSBC Manufacturing PMI dropped to 50 and couldn't meet forecasts predicting 50.2.

Japan's Nikkei closed with a gain of +0.07% at 17,300.86 points not far from its seven-year high supported by a weakening yen.