HONG KONG (AP) — Asia markets are mostly higher on Friday following gains on Wall Street driven by Tesla, IBM and Meta Platforms after strong profit reports. U.S. futures and oil prices rose.

Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: The domestic benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended higher ahead of Union Budget on Saturday. Sensex rose 741 points or 0.97% to 77,500.57 while Nifty 50 ended at 23,508.40, up 258.90 points or 1.11%.

Tesla, IBM and Meta Platforms helped lead most U.S. stocks higher following a rush of profit reports from some of the country’s most influential companies. The S&P 500 climbed 0.5%

Many of the region’s biggest equity markets — including those in Hong Kong, mainland China and South Korea — are closed for the Lunar New Year holiday.

SoftBank has announced a partnership quantum computing company Quantinuum to develop new solutions to address the current limitations of AI.

Asian equities were mixed in another holiday-thinned trading day Thursday, with investors digesting broadly positive tech earnings that came days after the upheaval caused by China's DeepSeek explosion onto the global AI scene.

A Chinese artificial intelligence startup’s latest AI model spooked markets Monday, leaving U.S. and European technology stocks on track for a $1 trillion wipeout, a week after President Donald Trump threw his weight behind a $500 billion private sector investment in AI infrastructure.

A Chinese artificial intelligence startup’s latest AI model spooked markets Monday, leaving U.S. and European technology stocks on track for a $1 trillion wipeout, just a week after President Donald Trump threw his weight behind a $500 billion private sector investment in AI infrastructure.

On the economic data front, investors will focus on U.S. Wholesale Inventories data, which is set to be released in a couple of hours. Economists expect the preliminary December figure to be +0.2% m/m, compared to -0.2% m/m in November.

Alongside the campus development, TCS is also scouting for office space at InfoPark in Kochi to meet its immediate need for 5000 seats. The government is in talks with a few large developers in the tech hub to help the company find space early.

The petitioners explained that the delay was due to a series of financial and operational challenges, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. They highlighted the adverse economic conditions, including the impact of restrictions on their business and cash flow issues caused by the state government’s decision to withdraw installment payments for a mining lease.

The Japanese January Tokyo Core CPI stood at +2.5% y/y, in line with expectations. The Japanese December Industrial Production (preliminary) came in at +0.3% m/m, stronger than expectations of -0.1% m/m. The Japanese December Retail Sales arrived at +3.7% ...