Tech shares rally, Tencent, CATL


Employees are processing chips at a workshop of an optoelectronic know-how firm in Huai’an, China, on Might 11, 2024. 

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Japan’s Nikkei 225 rebounded after main losses in Asia on Monday, climbing 0.77%, whereas the broad-based Topix gained 0.45%.

South Korea’s Kospi superior 0.97%, with chip heavyweights Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix extending positive factors to rise about 2% and 1.35% respectively. The small-cap Kosdaq was up 0.67%.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 began the day 0.42% greater, on tempo for a fourth day of positive factors.

In distinction, futures for Hong Kong’s Cling Seng index final traded at 19,664, pointing to a weaker open in comparison with the HSI’s shut of 19,688.29.

Hong Kong-listed tech shares can be within the highlight after the U.S. Protection Division added Chinese language tech big Tencent Holdings and battery maker CATL to a record of corporations it calls “Chinese language navy firms.”

Tencent American depositary receipts fell nearly 8% in a single day.

Within the U.S., the S&P 500 superior 0.55% and climbed alongside the Nasdaq, which gained 1.24% on the again of the tech rally.

Nonetheless, the Dow Jones Industrial Common lagged, reversing earlier positive factors and falling 0.06%.

— CNBC’s Pia Singh and Tanaya Macheel contributed to this report.

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