TOKYO -- Japan's Advantest is solidifying its lead in global sales of chip testing equipment, and its share price is hitched to that of chipmaker Nvidia ... but the Japanese player gained the ...

Nvidia fell 2% and was the heaviest weight ... In currency trading, the U.S. dollar edged up to 157.70 Japanese yen from 157.26 yen. The euro cost $1.0255, down from $1.0274.

Asian shares mostly rose Tuesday, deriving optimism from rising technology stocks on Wall Street, led by Nvidia.

A Bloomberg story that the Bank of Japan might lift its inflation forecast due to rice and the yen had an impact, sending the dollar lower vs. the yen. The question is whether the central bank ...

S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESH25) are up +0.49%, andMarch Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQH25) are up +0.67% this morning as a report indicating the U.S. might take a gradual approach to hiking tariffs boosted sentiment,

Japanese semiconductor testing equipment maker Advantest Corp. has emerged as a key beneficiary of the artificial intelligence boom, with its stock showing a remarkable 0.93 correlation coefficient with NVIDIA Corp.

U.S. stock indexes are feeling pressure from better-than-expected reports on the job market and business activity.

Asian shares mostly rose Tuesday, deriving optimism from rising technology stocks on Wall Street, led by Nvidia. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 jumped 2.4% in morning trading to 40,248.68. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index slid 0.

Asian stocks are mixed after Wall Street snapped out of a spell of holiday season blues, with markets in Tokyo and China declining.

While Nvidia (NVDA) is leading the artificial intelligence (AI) race, several other chip stocks are flying under the radar. With a market capitalization of more than $3 trillion, Nvidia is already among the largest companies in the world and may have limited upside potential.

U.S. stock indexes are rising to recover more of the holiday-season slide that bridged the new year. The S&P 500 was 0.8% higher in early trading Monday and on track for a second straight gain following five straight losses.

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