On March 13th, 2024, a view of the city skyline of Lujiazui Shanghai Center in Pudong, Shanghai, China.
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The Asia-Pacific market traded nearly to the top on Thursday, tracking profits on Wall Street as investors messed up a week of trade disruption and disappointing US technology revenues.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 traded 1.14% higher.
Japanese Nikkei 225 It rose 0.46%, and Topix added 0.3%. South Korea Kospi The Teh Small-Cap Kosdaq rose by 1.09%.
Hong Kong Hangsen index It rose 0.31%. Mainland China's CSI 300 rose 0.14%.
India's benchmark Nifty 50 fell 0.16%, with BSE Sensex trading mainly on the flatline.
India's central bank is expected to cut benchmark interest rates for the ongoing policy meeting. The decision will be made on Friday.
Overnight in the US, three major indices recorded profits for the second day in a row.
The Blue Chip Dow Jones Industrial Average rose to 44,873.28 to 317.24 points (0.71%). Index profits were led by rapid advances from Nvidia. The S&P 500 rose 0.39% to close at 6,061.48. Meanwhile, Nasdaq Composite added 0.19% and closed at 19,692.33.
NVIDIA jumped over 5% after server manufacturer Super Microcomputers announced the full production availability of their AI data centers using Nvidia's Blackwell platform. Supermicro stocks rose about 8% after the announcement.
-CNBC's Sean Conlon and Sarah Minh contributed to this report.
