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• Asian stocks rose to 3-1/2-month highs on Thursday, cheered by the Dow Jones Industrial Average breaching the20,000-level for the first time, though concerns about U.S. President Donald Trump's protectionist stance kept the dollar on the defensive.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS rose 0.8 percent to its highest since Oct. 11.

• Japan's Nikkei share average surged to a near three-week high on Thursday tracking strength in Wall Street, while financial stocks were in demand after U.S. yields rose.

The Nikkei gained 1.8 percent to 19,402.39, the highest closing level since Jan. 6.

• China shares rose for the fifth straight day on Thursday, with blue chips closing at fresh six-week highs, but gains were curbed after profits earned by industrial firms grew at a sharply slower pace last month.

Market turnover stayed thin on the last trading day before the Lunar New Year, China's biggest holiday. Markets will be closed from Jan. 27 to Feb. 2.

The blue-chip CSI300 index rose 0.4 percent, to 3,387.96 points at the close, while the Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.3 percent, to 3,159.17 points.

• Hong Kong shares jumped the most in three weeks on Thursday as the excitement from Wall Street's overnight gains spread to Asia, helping investors overlook profit warnings from PetroChina and some other major Chinese companies.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index climbed 1.4% to 23,365.01 by the midday break.

PetroChina gained 1.1% even after the energy major said its 2016 profit could drop by as much as 80%.

Reference: Reuters,CNBC