• Asian shares slipped on Thursday and the dollar rebounded after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen signaled that the U.S. central bank is poised to pursue a path of steady interest rate hikes.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS slumped 0.3 percent.
• Jan 19 Japan's Nikkei share average rebounded from a six-week low on Thursday, with financial stocks cheered by the rise in U.S. bond yields after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen signalled a solid pace of interest rate hikes.
The Nikkei rose 0.9 percent to 19,072.25, rebounding from six-week lows of 18,650.33 touched on Wednesday.
• China stocks fell on Thursday, with energy and infrastructure companies weaker after a price correction this week and as investors remained cautious ahead of the Lunar New Year.
The blue-chip CSI300 index fell 0.3 percent, to 3,329.29 points, while the Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.4percent to 3,101.30 points.
• Hong Kong stocks retreated in the morning session on Thursday following the previous day's sharp gains, while investors nervously await Donald Trump's inauguration speech as US president at the end of the week.
The Hang Seng Index fell 95.52 points to 23,002.74.
Reference: Reuters, CNBC
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