• Asian shares rose on Thursday as investors were encouraged by President Donald Trump's less combative tone in his first speech to Congress, which sent Wall Street stocks sharply higher, while growing bets on a U.S. rate hike this month buoyed the dollar.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.5 percent while Japan's Nikkei rose 1.3 percent to a 14-month high.
• Japan's Nikkei share average hit a 14-month peak on Thursday as the yen weakened against the dollar on heightened expectations for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this month and after Wall Street soared to record highs.
The Nikkei closed 0.9 percent higher at 19,564.80 after brushing 19,668.01, its highest since December 2015.
• China stock fell on Thursday, buyers retreated on speculation of a possible U.S. interest rate hike later this month and concerns liquidity could tighten as Beijing's steps up its fight against leverage.
The blue-chip CSI300 index fell 0.7 percent, to 3,435.10 points, while the Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.5 percent to 3,230.03 points.
• Hong Kong stocks, which joined a regional rally in the morning, erased earlier gains and ended Thursday lower, as some investors took advantage of the morning rebound to dump shares.
The Hang Seng index ended the session down percent, at ,, while the China Enterprises Index lost percent, to ,points.0.2 23728.070.4 10246.89
Reference: Reuters,CNBC
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