Asian stock markets closed on an undecided rise with investors looking at the technology sector, after Nvidia's quarterly results in the United States.
The next moves of the central banks are also under the spotlight, following the Fed minutes.
Tokyo (+2.19%) closes at an all-time high.
On the exchange rate front, the Japanese currency depreciated against the dollar, to 150.19, and against the euro to 162.86.
Hong Kong (+0.9%), Shanghai (+1.2%), Shenzhen (+1.1%) and Seoul (+0.41%) are also still trading positively.
Mumbai went against the trend (-0.45%).
On the macroeconomic front, the PMI indices of France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Eurozone and the USA are arriving.
Inflation in the second reading of Italy and the EU.
Expected minutes of the January meeting of the ECB.
From the United States the weekly requests for unemployment benefits, home sales and the weekly change in oil inventories (EIA).
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