The city skyline is seen with the Taipei 101 building from the Elephant Mountain observation point in Taipei on April 14, 2025. (Photo by I-Hwa Cheng / AFP) (Photo by I-HWA CHENG/AFP via Getty Images)
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Asia-Pacific markets were mixed on Friday, breaking a streak of rallies on Wall Street led by chip and bank stocks.
U.S. semiconductor stocks then rallied Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. said that he was waiting and delivered another record quarter Increase in capital expenditure in 2026 52 billion to 56 billion dollars.
Investors in Asia are watching chip-related stocks after the US Trade agreement with Taiwan. As part of the deal, Taiwanese semiconductor companies agreed to invest at least $250 billion in US manufacturing capacity in exchange for lower “reciprocal” tariffs.
of Japan Nikkei 225 Extending losses from Thursday, it fell 0.41%, while the broader Topix fell 0.42%.
of South Korea Kospi Up 0.3%, while the smaller Kosdaq fell 0.21%.
Australian S&P/ASX 200 increased by 0.22%.
Hong Kong Hang Seng index futures were at 27,150, up from the HSI’s last close of 26,923.62.
US bank stocks also rose after the latest quarterly earnings results. Goldman Sachs followed by an increase of more than 4% fourth quarter profit It topped Wall Street estimates.
Morgan Stanley its wealth management division rose about 6% after contributing upper and lower row strokes in the fourth quarter. Both stocks hit 52-week highs.
Overnight in the USA, The Dow Jones Industrial Average 0.60% was added, while S&P 500 increased by 0.26% and Nasdaq Composite increased by 0.25%.
The rally also came on the back of solid economic data. Jobless claims data for the week ending Jan. 10 came in at 198,000, below the 215,000 economists polled by the Dow Jones expected.
— CNBC Lisa Knowledge Min contributed to this report.