Asian shares higher, many markets closed for Lunar New Year


              FILE - A pedestrian walks past the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)
            
              File - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022, at the Federal Reserve Board Building, in Washington. Nearly a year into the Fed's attempts to quash inflation by hiking interest rates at a blistering speed, Wall Street investors still don't fully believe what the Fed says is coming next. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
            
              A person stands in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, in Tokyo. Stocks were higher in Asia on Tuesday after a tech-led rally on Wall Street as investors bet the Federal Reserve will trim its rate hikes to tamp down inflation. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
            
              Workers check an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, in Tokyo. Stocks were higher in Asia on Tuesday after a tech-led rally on Wall Street as investors bet the Federal Reserve will trim its rate hikes to tamp down inflation. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
            
              A person walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, in Tokyo. Stocks were higher in Asia on Tuesday after a tech-led rally on Wall Street as investors bet the Federal Reserve will trim its rate hikes to tamp down inflation. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
            
              A person watches an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, in Tokyo. Stocks were higher in Asia on Tuesday after a tech-led rally on Wall Street as investors bet the Federal Reserve will trim its rate hikes to tamp down inflation. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
            
              FILE - A pedestrian walks past the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)
            
              FILE - A pedestrian walks past the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)
            
              FILE - A pedestrian walks past the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)
            
              FILE - A pedestrian walks past the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)
            
              FILE - A pedestrian walks past the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)
            
              FILE - A pedestrian walks past the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)
            
              FILE - A pedestrian walks past the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)
            
              FILE - A pedestrian walks past the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)
            
              FILE - A pedestrian walks past the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)
            
              A person wearing a protective mask stands in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in the cold morning of Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, in Tokyo. Shares were higher in Asia on Monday, but most markets were closed for the Lunar New Year holiday, with markets in Shanghai shut for the whole week. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
            
              A person wearing a protective mask walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, in Tokyo. Shares were higher in Asia on Monday, but most markets were closed for the Lunar New Year holiday, with markets in Shanghai shut for the whole week. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
            
              A person wearing a protective mask walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 and other indexes at a securities firm in the cold morning of Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, in Tokyo. Shares were higher in Asia on Monday, but most markets were closed for the Lunar New Year holiday, with markets in Shanghai shut for the whole week. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
            
              A person wearing a protective mask walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in the cold morning of Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, in Tokyo. Shares were higher in Asia on Monday, but most markets were closed for the Lunar New Year holiday, with markets in Shanghai shut for the whole week. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Asian shares higher, many markets closed for Lunar New Year