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• European markets opened slightly higher on Thursday morning, after the Federal Reserve announced a plan to begin unwinding its balance sheet and signaled one more interest rate hike for this year.

The pan-European Stoxx 600 edged up around 0.27 percent shortly after the opening bell, with almost all sectors and major bourses in positive territory.

• Japan’s Nikkei share average edged up on Thursday, helped by gains on Wall Street and a weaker yen after the U.S. Federal Reserve signalled it still expects to raise interest rates one more time this year.

The Nikkei ended 0.2 percent higher at 20,347.48 points, paring earlier gains which had seen it rise to as high as 20,481.27, the strongest level since August2015.

• China’s major stock indexes slipped on Thursday, as developers and the materials sector weakened, offseting gains in financial firms buoyed by expectations of another U.S. rate increase.

The blue-chip CSI300 index fell 0.1 percent, to 3,837.82 points, while the Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.2 percent to 3,357.81 points.

• Hong Kong shares ended Thursday little changed, as strength in financial and consumer stocks countered a slump in the resources sector triggered by a stronger dollar amid revived expectations of another U.S. rate increase later this year.

The Hang Seng index fell 0.1 percent, to 28,110.33 points, while the China Enterprises Index rose 0.2 percent at 11,198.32 points.

Reference: Reuters, CNBC