Key Points
TOKYO (Reuters) Japans Nikkei share average topped its all-time peak on Thursday, after unexpectedly strong revenue forecasts from U.S. chip designer Nvidia lifted Asian tech stocks...
However, the regional mood was tempered by the struggle in Chinese stock markets to extend multi-month highs reached amid Beijings stimulus efforts...
Long-term U.S. bond yields hugged three-month highs while the dollar sagged after minutes from the last Federal Open Market Committee meeting confirmed the view that interest rate cuts would be slow in coming, but werent markedly more hawkish than the Feds previously expressed views...
The Nikkei 225 share average surged as much as 2% to reach 39,029.00, topping the previous all-time high of 38,957.44, set on Dec. 29, 1989, at the peak of the so-called bubble economy...
The Hang Seng was 0.17%, recovering from earlier losses, to put the Hong Kong benchmark on course to extend a seven-day winning run.. Mainland blue chips were last up 0.29%, after oscillating throughout the session between small gains and losses...
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