South Korea's KOSPI opened 116.95 points higher on Wednesday, Oct. 28, up 2.07% at 5,755.29. SK Hynix rose 2%, Samsung Electronics gained 2.9%.

Syria's foreign ministry said suspected actors are attempting to undermine brotherly ties between Syria and Jordan.

France’s consumer confidence index dropped 5 points to 80 in October, the lowest reading since 2013, Insee said. The figure missed the Bloomberg median of 85 and was below all surveyed economists’ forecasts. Households reported growing concern about their finances, living standards and unemployment; inflation expectations rose, with a larger share of households expecting prices to increase over the next 12 months. Insee noted the data may understate the full effect of recent unrest: the survey cutoff was Oct. 19 and most responses were collected early in the three‑week field period. The decline follows a period of bond‑market selling and protests that escalated into riots. The index has remained below its long‑run mean of 100 for five years amid persistent inflation and political and budgetary instability.