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Enthusiasm over artificial intelligence technology helped buoy stocks after Wall Street hit record highs, and Asian markets also rose.
In Tokyo, the Nikkei rose 0.9% to 38,841.75, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index rose 0.8% to 18,569.48 and the Shanghai Composite index rose 0.1% to 3,068.31.
The S&P 500 rose 1.2% to 5,354.03 on Wednesday, breaking the all-time high it hit two weeks ago.
The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 2% to 17,187.90, also hitting a record high, while the less tech-heavy Dow Jones Industrial Average lagged the market, rising 0.2% to 38,807.33.
The rise has made Nvidia, a poster child for the AI boom, worth more than $3 trillion for the first time, overtaking Apple to become the world's second-largest company.
Nvidia, which led the way because its chips power much of the rapid move into AI, rose another 5.2% to bring its gains for the year to more than 147%.
Meanwhile, Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index rose 0.7 percent to 7,824.40 after data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed the country's trade surplus improved in April, with exports falling 2.5 percent and imports dropping 7.2 percent.
Taiwan's Taiex rose 2% after shares in electronics contract manufacturer Foxconn rose 0.6% after the company said its May sales rose 22.1% from a year earlier, its highest ever for the month. Bangkok's SET rose 0.4%.
South Korean markets were closed for a public holiday.
