In ADR news, China Petroleum & Chemical Corp ( SNP ) will buy Apache's ( APA ) 33% stake in its Egypt oil and gas business for $3.1 billion. Asian stocks were mixed as investors weighed the fact that imminent action against Syria looked less likely, US GDP grew more than expected in Q2 and Japan's economic data still look mixed. Around the region, Japan's core CPI rose 0.7% from a year earlier, accelerating from June's 0.4% rise.