Asian shares mostly rose Thursday as investors awaited the release of U.S. consumer price data and kept a cautious watch on the war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 jumped 1.8% to finish at 32,494.66. Sydney's S&P/ASX 200 inched up less than 0.1% to 7,091.00. South Korea's Kospi added 1.1% to 2,477.54. Hong Kong's Hang Seng surged 2.2% to 18,283.66, while the Shanghai Composite rose 0.9% to 3,106.21.
