The electronic market board displays the Nikkei 225 stock price on the Tokyo Stock Exchange as of November 5, 2025.
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Asia-Pacific markets opened mostly higher on Tuesday after AI trading lifted Wall Street’s major indexes overnight.
Nvidia shares rose more than 1% after Reuters reported that the company aims to begin shipping H200 chips to China by mid-February. Micron Technology rose about 4% and Oracle rose more than 3%.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 1.1% to end at 8,795.7, marking its fourth consecutive day of gains.
Japanese Nikkei Stock Average The rally continued into the third day, closing just above the flatline at 50,412.87. The broad-based Topix rose 0.53% to 3,423.25, led by financial and healthcare stocks.
On Tuesday, Japan’s Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama reportedly said she had a “free hand” in dealing with the recent sharp depreciation of the yen, suggesting currency intervention was not off the table.
of circle Despite the Bank of Japan raising interest rates to a 30-year high, it fell sharply on Friday, hitting a low of 157.77 against the dollar before rising on Monday and Tuesday. The last trade was 156.14.
Katayama said that fluctuations in Japan’s currency do not reflect economic fundamentals and are “speculative.”
Korean Kospi The Kosdaq rose 0.28% to 4,117.32, also snapping a three-day winning streak, while the small-cap Kosdaq fell 1.03% to 919.56.
Shares in shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean rose 10% after US President Donald Trump said the company would work with the US Navy to build a new frigate.
hong kong Hang Seng Index Bucking the trend, basic materials stocks led the decline, falling 0.1% in the last hour of trading, while mainland China’s CSI 300 extended its winning streak to three days, rising 0.2% to close at 4,620.73.
Chinese new entrants buoyed the Hong Kong market with their debuts on Tuesday, with QingSong Health Corporation and Nuobikan Artificial Intelligence Technology soaring 134% and 323%, respectively, following small but strong IPOs.
QingSong Health Corporation’s Hong Kong IPO met overwhelming demand, with the domestic tranche receiving 1,421 applications and raising approximately HK$602 million (approximately $77 million), according to an exchange filing. Nuobikan raised HK$303 million in its public tranche in Hong Kong, which was subscribed 188.74 times.
