Australian stocks
Australian stocks were nearly flat and South Korea’s KOSPI gained 0.55 percent. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 1.2 percent.
Asian stocks rose on Thursday after Wall Street brushed aside strong U.S. inflation data and surged.
Asian stocks pulled further away from two-month lows on Tuesday, lifted by Wall Street’s extended rebound from last week’s steep fall.
Japan's Nikkei .N225 rose to a 26-year peak, Hong Kong's Hang Sang .HSI scaled a record high and Singapore .STI reached a 10-year top.