Asian stocks showed mixed weekly results. Nikkei rose 0.17% , Hang Seng dropped 1.87%, Shanghai Composite rose 0.16%.
Asian stocks fell after Federal Reserve minutes showed officials support stimulus cuts this year.
However, Asian stocks rose, paring the benchmark equity gauge’s biggest weekly decline in two months, after reports from Europe to the U.S. boosted confidence in the economic recovery and the yen weakened against the dollar.
Stocks extended gains after European Central Bank Governing Council Member Ewald Nowotny said a recent “stream of good news” from the euro-area economy has removed any need to cut interest rates from an already record low.
Asian largest carmaker Toyota Motor Corp, which gets about 75% of its sales outside Japan, climbed 2.8% as the yen touched the lowest level in nearly three weeks against the dollar.
BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) sank 2.2% after the world’s biggest mining company reported a drop in second-half profit amid slowing growth in emerging economies.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. rose 9.3% after Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority said it plans to increase the severity level of a radiated water leak at its Fukushima plant.
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