Asian stocks advanced Wednesday in thin Lunar New Year trading following a rebound on Wall Street driven by tech stocks as the panic over Chinese AI company DeepSeek faded. Most markets in Asia were closed for holidays.

U.S. stocks slipped after the Federal Reserve held its main interest rate steady and broke a run of cuts that began in September

By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) -Asian share markets were mixed in thin trading on Thursday as much of the region was on holiday for the Lunar New Year, while the U.S. dollar trod water after the Federal Reserve signaled a pause in policy easing.