• Asian stocks were supported on Thursday by robust corporate earnings that helped Wall Street quell concerns about the surge in U.S. bond yields. However, sagging Chinese shares limited the upside potential of the market.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan slipped 0.15 percent, as weaker Chinese stocks weighed on the market.

• Japan’s Nikkei share average rose on Thursday, buoyed by tech shares, with index heavyweight Tokyo Electron jumping after it forecast strong profits for this fiscal year.

The Nikkei ended 0.5 percent higher at 22,319.61 points.

• China stocks tumbled on Thursday as investors were spooked by a U.S. probe of Huawei, triggering a sell-off in tech firms as trade tensions between Beijing and Washington simmered just below the surface.

The blue-chip CSI300 index closed down 1.9 percent at 3,755.49 points, its worst day in a month, while the Shanghai Composite Index lost 1.4 percent to 3,075.03points.

Reference:Reuters,CNBC