Asia-Pacific markets climb after AI trade lifts Wall Street overnight

Asia-Pacific markets climb after AI trade lifts Wall Street overnight


An electronic quotation board displays the Nikkei 225 stock prices on the Tokyo stock Exchange in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2025.

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Asia-Pacific markets opened higher Tuesday, after AI trade lifted major Wall Street indexes overnight.

Nvidia shares rose more than 1% after Reuters said the company was looking to start shipments of its H200 chips to China by mid-February. Micron Technology climbed around 4%, while Oracle advanced more than 3%.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.46% in early trade, on pace for a fourth straight day of gains.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.18%, while the broad-based Topix saw a larger gain of 0.37%.

South Korea’s Kospi climbed 0.32%, with the small-cap Kosdaq gained 0.21%.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index futures were at 25,909, higher than the HSI’s last close of 25,801.77.

In Southeast Asia, Singapore will release its November inflation reading, with economists polled by Reuters expecting the city-state’s inflation rate to climb to the highest in 2025.



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