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Equity Alert: Equity indices in Asia rise, Nikkei hits fresh high

 

MUMBAI--0813 IST--Equity indices in Asia were higher, with Japan's Nikkei 225 and Topix First Section surging to record highs after Sanae Takaichi secured a historic victory in the snap elections, catapulting investor sentiment in the region. A recovery on Wall Street also contributed to the gains in the region.  

 

The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan secured two-thirds of the majority in the 465-seat lower house, CNBC reported, citing a report by Japanese broadcaster NHK. A strong win for Takaichi could be the "best outcome" for the markets in the medium term as strategic investments and tax reform help boost the equity markets, Sree Kochugovindan, senior research economist at Aberdeen Investments, was reported as saying. The country's indices have hit several highs in the last few months, led by "Takaichi Trade", with markets expecting the prime minister's economic policy to thrust the stock markets and keep the yen weaker while pushing for a looser monetary policy and higher government spending. CyberAgent Inc was among the top gainers, up over 8%, on the Nikkei. Shares of semiconductor maker Advantest Corp. were up nearly 14% and those of Sumitomo Electric Industries were up nearly 11%. 

 

US equity indices also gained on Friday, helping lift Asian equity indices, though concerns remain over investments in artificial intelligence companies and whether they will be able to provide returns. This comes as four US tech giants plan to spend $650 billion towards AI alone, Reuters reported. "Investors are sensibly rotating from AI spenders to beneficiaries, services to manufacturing, US exceptionalism to global rebalancing," BofA analysts were reported as saying. "We are long Main St, short Wall St," they added.

 

Following are the levels of key Asian indices at 0810 IST:

 

INDEX	LEVEL	CHANGE IN %
CSI 300 Index	4704.21	1.31
Hang Seng Index	27038.76	1.80
KOSPI	5313.48	4.41
Nikkei 225 Day	56692.92	4.50
TOPIX FIRST SECTION	3788.83	2.43
FTSE Singapore Straits Times	4973.31	0.79
S&P/ASX 200 Index	8877	1.93
IDX Composite	7908.55	(-)0.34

 

(Akshat Saksena)

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Equity Alert: US indices bounce back; Dow Jones index crosses 50,000 points

 

MUMBAI--0735 IST--Equity indices in the US made a comeback on Friday after ending lower for a couple of sessions due to fears of artificial intelligence disrupting businesses of services software companies. The Dow Jones Industrial Average index crossed 50,000 points for the first time on Friday. 

 

Shares of NVIDIA and Broadcom were among the top gainers, up 8% and 7%, respectively, CNBC reported. Shares of Oracle and Palantir were also among key gainers, rising nearly 5?ch. However, shares of software companies threatened by AI such as ServiceNow, down 2%, remained weak. "We're in a gold rush right now with AI," Falcon Wealth Planning founder Gabriel Shahin was reported as saying. Shahin believes that the market is in the middle of a "great recalibration" where investors are going to move away from growth stocks and into value, CNBC said. On Friday, investors lapped up industrial and financial stocks. Shares of Caterpillar were up over 7% and those of Goldman Sachs rose over 4%. 

 

Shares of Amazon were down nearly 6?ter the company missed the Street's view of its earnings per share for the quarter. The tech giant reported revenue of $213.39 billion against an expectation of $211.33 billion and earnings per share of $1.95 against an estimate of $1.97 by LSEG, CNBC said. The company also said it would record capital expenditures of around $200 billion in 2026 against an expectation of $146.60 billion, according to Factset. The company made a capital expenditure of around $131 billion in 2025. 

 

Investors are expected to await a monthly employment report and a consumer prices report as these were pushed back slightly on account of the three-day government shutdown in the US. The non-farm payrolls data in the US for January is expected to report an increase of 70,000 jobs, Reuters said citing its poll. Even after acknowledging the stabilisation in the job market, the US Federal Reserve held its interest rate steady at its meeting after a survey showed layoffs by US employers surged in January.

 

Following are the closing levels of US indices Thursday:  

 

Index	Level	Change in %
S&P 500	6932.30	1.97
NASDAQ Composite	23031.21	2.18
Dow Jones Industrial Average	50115.67	2.47

 

(Akshat Saksena)

 

US$1 = INR 90.66

IST, or Indian Standard Time, is five-and-a-half hours ahead of GMT

 

Edited by Avishek Dutta

 

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