By Kevin Buckland

TOKYO (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar hovered below a one-week high on Thursday and Asian stock markets were broadly mixed as investors braced for three days of potentially market-moving news from the Federal Reserve’s annual symposium in Jackson Hole.

Central bankers from around the world will attend the event, which begins later in the day, although the key focus will be Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech on Friday as traders look for clues on the chances of a September rate cut.

Japan’s Nikkei drooped 0.6% in the morning session, retreating further from the record peak reached on Tuesday.

Despite a tech-led selloff on Wall Street overnight, Japanese chip stocks were a mixed bag, with Advantest up 3% while Tokyo Electron dropped 2%.

South Korea’s KOSPI bounced 0.9% after

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