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 mostly 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 0.67% and is on pace for a fourth straight day of gains.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 was flat, while the broad-based Topix saw a larger gain of 0.48%.
South Korea’s Kospi climbed 0.55%, but the small-cap Kosdaq slipped 0.64%.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index rose 0.27%, while mainland China’s CSI 300 was up marginally.
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.
