Asian stock markets climb after earlier tech rout

Markets rebound after tech rout triggered by Democrats’ sweeping victory in US midterm elections.Published On 9 Nov 20269 Nov 2026Asian stock markets have rebounded after last week’s tech rout triggered by the Democratic Party’s sweeping victory in the US midterm elections.Key indexes in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong made substantial gains on Monday, following a rebound on Wall Street on Friday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Mexican mayor found alive after hours-long abductionlist 2 of 4Nvidia CEO’s affair sparks Chinese espionage probelist 3 of 4Jeffries backs Hegseth impeachment as Democrats vow probes of Trump allieslist 4 of 4India’s night lights up for Diwaliend of listIn Tokyo, the benchmark Nikkei 225 was up 3.45 percent as of 04:00 GMT.In Taipei, the Taiex was 5.72 percent higher, while the Kospi in Seoul was up 1.68 percent.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index was up 0.19 percent.Futures for Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 were up 0.60 percent and 0.59 percent, respectively.They had dipped earlier following US-based chip giant Nvidia’s announcement that it would investigate its CEO over a romantic relationship he con...