Most Asian stocks crept lower on Thursday as investors appeared to have looked past positive earnings from artificial intelligence major Nvidia, while Hong Kong shares fell from a three-year peak.
Oil prices edged up in Asian trading on Thursday, slightly recovering from a two-month low in the previous session, as investors assessed the impact of fresh tariff threats from President Donald Trump and analyzed a mixed U.S. inventory report.
The U.S. dollar firmed above an 11-week trough on Thursday as vague pledges from President Donald Trump to impose tariffs on Europe and further delays to levies planned for Canada and Mexico stoked uncertainty.
British employers advertised the fewest jobs for the month of January in four years last month but salaries continued to rise strongly, according to figures published on Monday that illustrate the challenge facing the Bank of England.
Singapore's key consumer price gauge rose 0.8% in January from a year earlier, lower than economist forecasts, official data showed on Monday.
Most Asian stocks fell on Monday, tracking steep declines on Wall Street amid persistent concerns over a cooling U.S. economy and increased trade tariffs under President Donald Trump.