Asia stocks hovered near a decade high on Thursday following another record breaking day on Wall Street.MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.3 percent and in close reach of a 10-year high set the previous day.

Wall Street rose overnight thanks to a rally by videogame makers, with all three major indexes closing at record highs.

In the Middle East, most major Gulf stock markets continued falling on Wednesday.The Saudi stock index fell as much as 1.1 percent during the day in active trade but closed 0.04 percent higher. In the same pattern seen on every day this week.

Dubai's index tumbled 1.9 percent. Emaar Properties, sank 3.1 percent.Abu Dhabi's index dropped 1.1 percent.In Egypt, the index gained 1.1 percent as Global Telecom surged 7.1 percent to 7.55 Egyptian pounds after VEON Holdings, its parent, announced a mandatory tender offer for Global shares at a price of 7.90 pounds.

In commodities, oil prices held steady on Thursday after falling late in the previous session, supported by ongoing supply cuts led by OPEC and Russia.Brent futures were at $63.66 per barrel at 0246 GMT, up 17 cents, or 0.3 percent, from their last close, but about $1 off the over two-year high of $64.65 a barrel reached earlier this week.U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was at $56.94 per barrel, up 13 cents, or 0.2 percent, but also some way off this week’s more than two-year high of $57.69 a barrel.

In currencies, the U.S. dollar inched higher versus a basket of currencies on Thursday, but its near-term outlook was seen clouded by worries over possible delays to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tax reform plans.The dollar last stood at 94.926 versus a basket of six major currencies, up 0.1 percent on the day but staying below a three-month high of 95.150 set in late October.The euro held steady at $1.1588, staying above a low of $1.1553 set on Tuesday, which was the euro's lowest level since July 20.

Gold held steady early on Thursday after marking a near three-week high in the previous session as the dollar firmed, while palladium remained close to an over 16-year peak touched on Wednesday.

In other news, Jordan's state grain buyer purchased 50,000 tonnes of feed barley in an international purchasing tender on Wednesday, a government source said.

Algeria plans to waive the value added tax (VAT) from animal feed products, including maize and barley, in 2018 to protect its domestic market against rising world prices, a senior official told Reuters on Wednesday.

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