Asia markets are mostly higher on Friday following gains on Wall Street driven by Tesla, IBM and Meta Platforms after strong profit reports. Japan's core inflation rate, a key indicator of national trends,

Japan and Hong Kong stocks were set to open mixed Tuesday, with several Asia-Pacific markets closed for the Lunar New Year holiday. Japan's Nikkei 225 futures pointed to a lower open for the market. The futures contract in Chicago was at 39,

The unveiling of a large language model by a Chinese firm that can compete with U.S. giants but at potentially a fraction of the cost was like a "nuclear bomb in the AI technology world", a market expert said on Tuesday.