Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index gained 0.3% to 40,074.87 after the central bank raised its benchmark rate to about 0.5% from 0.25%, as widely expected. It is the highest level for the rate since 2008, as the Bank of Japan shifts out of a long spell of extreme low interest rates meant to spur more borrowing and spending.

U.S. stocks are edging back from their all-time high as they close out a second straight winning week. The S&P 500 fell 0.4% on Friday, a day after setting a record. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 165 points,

The technology-dominated index slipped 3.07% to finish at 19,341.83. The S&P 500 shed 1.46% and closed at 6,012.28. The Dow Jones Industrial Average managed to add 289.33 points, or 0.65%, settling at 44,713.58.

World shares advanced Friday after U.S. stocks rose to a record and the Bank of Japan raised its key lending rate.

World shares advanced Friday after U.S. stocks rose to a record and the Bank of Japan raised its key lending rate. Oil prices fell after U.S. President Donald Trump called on oil-producing countries to reduce the price of crude,

Asian stock markets turned in a choppy Friday after Japan's central bank tightened monetary policy, but US President Donald Trump delivered relatively positive commentary regarding China at the World Economic Forum meeting in Switzerland.

Asia-Pacific markets rose on Thursday despite a sharp decline on Wall Street the previous day as investors reassessed the Fed's policy outlook after its widely expected decision to hold rates steady and acknowledged that inflation remains "somewhat elevated.

The fading shadow of reflationists in the Bank of Japan, and the latest addition to the board of an academic favouring an end to ultra-low interest rates, will likely bring the central bank's thinking closer to global peers taking a more conventional approach on monetary policy.

ASX 200 hits a record high on rate cut speculation, while US stocks retreat after Powell dims rate cut hopes. Nikkei edges up amid AI export concerns.

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