Japan Financial Markets
A person walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei index at a securities firm Friday, Sept. 4, 2026, in Tokyo.
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Asian shares are mostly higher as regional market sentiment got a boost from the rally on Wall Street, led by tech stocks. Benchmarks have risen in early Friday trading in Japan, South Korea and China, while they were little changed in Australia. The S&P 500 rose 1.1% Thursday, with technology stocks powering much of the gains. The Dow climbed 1.2%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 1.4%. Nvidia rose 1.8% after the giant chip company said it would buy the artificial intelligence platform Hugging Face for $13 billion. Oil prices rose in Asian trading, after finishing little changed Thursday. Treasury yields fell in the bond market.
