Asian markets ended mostly higher on Thursday after tech giants like Nvidia and Apple soared in Wall Street amidst AI optimism and solid corporate earnings. Encouraging Chinese data and easing geopolitical tensions lifted risk appetite in the Asian stock indices. Chinese market rallied as trading resumed following the National Day holidays. Japanese market soared to reach new record highs as the yen held steady after touching its weakest level against the dollar since February. Continued weakness in the Japanese yen and Korean won also boosted earnings outlook for export heavy firms, particularly in auto and electronic sectors.
| Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
| Shanghai Composite | 3,933.97 | 51.19 | 1.32 |
| Hang Seng | 26,752.59 | -76.87 | -0.29 |
| Jakarta Composite | 8,250.94 | 84.91 | 1.03 |
| KLSE Composite | 1,629.67 | 2.17 | 0.13 |
| Nikkei 225 | 48,580.44 | 845.45 | 1.77 |
| Straits Times | 4,440.50 | -15.80 | -0.35 |
| KOSPI Composite | -- | -- | -- |
| Taiwan Weighted | 27,301.92 | 238.24 | 0.88 |
