Asian stocks mostly rose on Thursday, driven by optimism in the tech sector following NVIDIA’s strong AI-related forecast. Major tech stocks in China, Japan, and South Korea saw gains, with companies like DeepSeek and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMC) boosting investor confidence. China’s Shanghai Composite gained 0.8%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 0.4%, and Japan’s Nikkei 225 climbed 0.3%. However, gains were tempered by ongoing U.S.-China trade tensions, as investors remained cautious ahead of China’s retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports. While Singapore’s Straits Times Index and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 advanced, India’s Nifty 50 Futures remained muted.
