Asian shares slightly higher Japan's central bank cut the size of the bond jumpe

Asian stocks edged higher near the record high on Tuesday as the Japanese yen became the focus of foreign exchange markets and jumped after the BOJ's debt-buying operation. The central bank slightly reduced the size of its bond purchases in its debt-purchasing operations, reminding investors that the central bank will eventually make the policy normal The

The MSCI Asia Pacific (except Japan) Index gained 0.2% to 590.89 points, not far from the record high of 591.50 hit in November 2007.

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Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI closed slightly down 0.05% on Monday, the S & P500 index .SPX and the Nasdaq index .IXIC closed up 0.17% and 0.29%. After the U.S. stock market hit the best start of more than 10 years this year, investors turned cautious ahead of the corporate earnings report.

South Korea shares Composite Index .KS11 rose 0.2%, the rally was suppressed after Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) estimated fourth-quarter profit will hit new highs, but the performance is still less than market expectations, due to the strong won and employee bonuses weakened The impact of price increases on dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips. Samsung shares fell 1.9%.

MSCI Ming Sheng Asian Technology Index rose more than 5% this year, the current trend remains unchanged.

The Nikkei 225 rose 0.5% after the yen gained strength. Earlier, the index hit a high since November 1991, catching up the previous day's gains after resuming trading on Tuesday. Japanese stocks closed Monday for holidays.