Asian shares wavered on Friday, weighed down by the return of tech-heavy South Korean stocks from holidays, but relatively strong earnings from U.S. tech giants kept risk sentiment intact while tariff threats pushed the dollar and gold prices higher.

Asian stocks showed mixed performance in light trading Thursday, with several markets closed for the Lunar New Year. The U.S. dollar remained steady after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged,

Asian markets are trading in the green on Thursday, following negative cues from Wall Street after the US Federal Reserveleft interest rates unchanged and noted that inflation remains “somewhat elevated.