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Asian stocks advanced on Thursday as calmer bond markets and robust U.S. corporate earnings lifted chip stocks. Treasury yields fell after Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee said on Wednesday the central bank should be wary of waiting too long before it cuts interest rates.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 index jumped 2.89 percent, or 1,066.55 points, to close at 37,963.97 yen, while the broader Topix index advanced 2.12 percent, or 54.15 points, to end at 2,612.03.
Asian stocks ended mixed on Tuesday as many regional markets resumed trading after a long holiday weekend. The dollar held steady ahead of U.S. CPI data due out later in the day, which is expected to show a further slowing of price pressures.
International Business News: Japanese shares touched a 34-year peak on Tuesday, while European stocks and S&P 500 futures slipped as investors waited for a US inflation report tha
Japan's Nikkei share average hit a more than two-week high on Thursday, as tech stocks followed their Wall Street peers higher and a weakening yen lifted overall sentiment.
SINGAPORE: Japanese shares hit 34-year highs on Friday as world stocks eyed a third week of gains, while adjustments to interest rate expectations sent the yen to a two-month low and the Australian and New Zealand dollars in opposite directions.