HONG KONG – Asia shares have been blended Wednesday, as Chinese language know-how shares faltered after a short-term rally.
The Hold Seng Index fell 0.25% to 22,920.18, whereas the Shanghai Composite was up 0.54% to three,342.55. Japan’s Nikkei 225 slipped 0.40% to 39,112.58, whereas South Korea’s KOSPI gained 1.78% to 2,673.69. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was additionally down 0.65% to eight,425.90.
China’s know-how shares slumped Wednesday after a short bull run earlier within the week. Alibaba’s Hong Kong-traded inventory fell 1.03%, whereas search engine big Baidu fell 2.11% after it reported a 2% drop in income for its fourth quarter in comparison with a yr earlier as synthetic intelligence rivalry heats up in China.
Chinese language video video games agency Tencent noticed its inventory slip 0.97% whereas on-line companies agency Meituan declined 1.68%.
The decline in Chinese language know-how shares got here whilst U.S. shares crept to a document because the S&P 500 nudged increased on Tuesday.
The primary measure of Wall Avenue’s well being rose 0.2% to complete simply above its all-time closing high set final month.
The Dow Jones Industrial Common added 10 factors, or lower than 0.1%, whereas the Nasdaq composite rose 0.1%.
In power buying and selling, benchmark U.S. crude added seven cents to $71.90 a barrel. Brent crude, the worldwide commonplace, rose seven cents to $75.91 a barrel.
In forex buying and selling, the U.S. greenback strengthened to 152.05 Japanese yen from 152.01 yen. The euro value $1.0452, up from $1.0446.
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AP Enterprise Author Stan Choe in New York contributed.
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