Toyota's first quarter net profit jumped 11% thanks to strong sales in its home country and the U.S.

The Japanese auto maker also raised its full year profit forecast, helped by a weaker yen.

The result follows a mixed session across Asian markets. Japan’s Nikkei index closed down 0.4% while South Korea’s Kospi added 0.4%, and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng finished the week flat.

It's been a lacklustre day for Asian markets with falls across the region.

South Korea's Kospi dropped 1.7% as tech shares lost steam. Elsewhere, Japan's Nikkei index gave up 0.4% and Australia's S&P ASX 200 slipped 0.2%.

Financial stocks were weak in Sydney trading after the Commonwealth Bank of Australia was accused of money laundering breaches.

Shares in companies that supply Apple were winners across Asia on Wednesday as investors reacted to strong profit results from the iPhone maker.

LG Innnotek, which supplies camera parts jumped 10%, while SK Hynix, the world's second-biggest memory chip maker and also an Apple supplier, rose 3.8%.

Murata Manufacturing and Taiyo Yuden helped push the Nikkei up 0.47 percent across the 20,000 mark.

The Hang Seng also headed higher, while China's mainland indexes headed into negative territory.

Japan's Nikkei 225 climbed slightly higher, adding about 0.3% to close just shy of the 20,000 mark.

Australia's ASX, Korea's Kospi also headed higher, while the Hang Seng pushed to a two year high, adding 0.7%.

Asia's markets shrugged off the implications a North Korean missile launch and pushed higher on Monday.

South Korean shares rose further into record territory, driven by solid corporate earnings, strong exports and a positive global economic outlook.

Both of the major mainland indexes climbed, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng added more than 1% to push to a two-year high.

Miners led Australian shares higher as upbeat commodity and metal prices drew investors to materials stocks.

Nintendo saw shares jump 5% after it reported better-than-expected quarterly operating profit of $145m in the three months to June.

The Japanese firm was criticised for being slow to developing mobile games, but investors are cheering solid sales of its new Switch console.

Overall, a positive earnings season in the US and Japan has been lifting sentiment and Asian share markets.

Japan's benchmark Nikkei rose 0.14% to close at 20,077.37 while the broader Topix gained 0.4% to 1,626.87 on Thursday.

South Korea's Kospi ended 0.4% higher at 2,444.02 and Australian shares rose 0.14% to 5,785.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng is up 0.6% in the afternoon trading session.

Ahead of the Wall Street open, let's catch up on what happened on the financial markets in Asia on Wednesday.

Hitachi Construction Machinery and Komatsu both helped to push the Nikkei 0.48% higher on Wednesday, after American rival Caterpillar surged to a five-year high in trading in the US.

Mitsubishi also pushed 4.46% higher as it moved on from a mileage-cheating scandal that hurt sales.

Elsewhere, stocks were mixed, with the Hang Seng and the ASX closing higher, while the Kospi lost momentum after hitting record highs.

The US dollar shed short-lived gains on Tuesday as Asian markets barely moved while investors awaited the next US Federal Reserve meeting.

Japan's Nikkei and Korea's Kospi retreated slightly, while The Hang Seng and China's major mainland indexes also headed lower.

Australian shares pushed higher, led by industrial, material and healthcare stocks and helped by surging oil prices.

The Asian markets were a mixed bag on Monday, as demand for riskier assets slowed after strong gains last week.

The Chinese mainland indexes edged slightly higher while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index hit fresh two year highs.

Japan's Nikkei slid 0.6% as investors worried about the effects of a stronger yen.

Australian shares retreated 1% before bouncing back slightly, and South Korea's Kospi edged down 0.1%.

Asia's stock markets were a mixed bag on Friday, with South Korean shares continuing to push to new highs.

Elsewhere the news wasn't so positive, with the Nikkei slipping -0.22% as exporters struggled against a stronger yen.

Australian shares ended a bumpy week lower, with the ASX falling 0.67% as bank shares slowed after investors booked profits.

The Hang Seng and the mainland China indexes also closed slightly lower.