Asian benchmarks mostly rise after tech stocks lead rally on Wall Street

Asian shares were mostly higher in early trading, lifted by a Wall Street rally driven by big technology stocks. Japan's Nikkei rose 0.6%, South Korea's Kospi gained 0.9%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng jumped 2.1%, while the Shanghai Composite added 0.8%.

Why it matters: Wall Street's S&P 500, Dow, and Nasdaq all closed higher, with Microsoft up 2.7%, Apple up 1%, and Nvidia up 1.8% after announcing a $13 billion AI platform acquisition.