Investor sentiment bolstered following Broadcom’s disclosure of $63 billion in financing predicated on Anthropic’s utilization of its technology. Oracle further deepened its collaboration with OpenAI, and Meta’s $25 billion equity offering garnered demand exceeding five times the shares presented. Concurrently, SK Hynix, a South Korean memory chip manufacturer, detailed a significant upswing in revenue and operating profit, driven by robust demand for artificial intelligence–related products.

Technology and artificial intelligence equities spurred advances in Japan. Kioxia strengthened by 13.8%, Taiyo Yuden increased 7.1%, Ibiden appreciated 7.9%, SoftBank Group improved 4.7%, and Advantest rose 3.2%.