Asia-Pacific shares mostly rose Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump signed a funding bill into law, effectively ending the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history.

Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.43% to close at 51,281.83. The Topix added 0.67% to 3,381.72, after hitting a record high of 3,389.12 earlier in the session.

Shares of SoftBank Group continued to fall for a second consecutive day , plunging 3.38%, after the Japanese giant said Tuesday it sold its entire $5.8 billion stake in Nvidia in October, to fund its OpenAI bet.

South Korea's Kospi rose 0.49% in volatile trading to settle at 4,170.63, while the small-cap Kosdaq climbed 1.31% to 918.37.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 pared losses to 0.52% at 8,753.4 after the seasonally a

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