Asia-Pacific markets mostly climb after AI trade lifts Wall Street overnight

Asia-Pacific markets mostly climb after AI trade lifts Wall Street overnight

Published Mon, Dec 22 2025

6:41 PM EST

Updated 4 Min Ago

Key Points

• Nvidia shares rose more than 1% overnight.
• Reuters said the Nvidia was looking to start shipments of its H200 chips to China by mid-February.
• Australia is on track for its fourth straight day of gains.
• Singapore will release its November inflation reading, with economists expecting inflation to climb to the highest in 2025.

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.

Overnight in the U.S., the S&P 500 gained 0.64%, posting its third positive day in a row. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 0.47%, and the Nasdaq Composite climbed 0.52%.

—CNBC's Sean Conlon and Sarah Min contributed to this report.

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