Asian stocks ended mixed on Thursday despite encouraging news about Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer and BioNTech. As inflation worries mount, focus turned to the release of U.S. inflation data on Friday and next week's Fed meeting.
Chinese shares rose for a third consecutive session as investors digested the latest inflation data. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index climbed 35.47 points, or 1 percent, to 3,673.04, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index jumped 257.99 points, or 1.1 percent, to 24,254.86.
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