TOKYO, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average climbed to an all-time high on Friday as tech stocks jumped following strong sales forecasts overnight from Apple ( AAPL ) and Amazon ( AMZN ). The Nikkei rose as much as 1.4% to an unprecedented 52,026.91 in early trading. The broader Topix gained 1% to reach a record-high 3,334.63. ...

(Updates prices, adds details throughout) By Kevin Buckland TOKYO, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average climbed to an all-time high on Friday, as tech stocks jumped following strong sales forecasts overnight from Apple ( AAPL ) and Amazon ( AMZN ). A weaker yen was also a tailwind for Japan's heavyweight exporters, following its slide to a record...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar held its ground in early Asian trade on Friday after reaching a three-month high as traders processed mixed signals from this week's central bank decisions, tech sector earnings and a tentative U.S.-China tariff truce. The dollar index, which measures the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, held steady at 99.478 after Wall Street...

* U.S.-China trade deal, tech sector earnings cloud currency path * Tokyo CPI hotter than expected at 2.8% * Euro nudges higher after ECB holds interest rates By Gregor Stuart Hunter SINGAPORE, Oct 31 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar held its ground in early Asian trade on Friday after reaching a three-month high as traders processed mixed signals from this...