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    Stock market today: Asian shares mostly rise after Wall Street rebound led by tech stocks

    by Yuri Kageyama Feb 02, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

    Asian shares mostly rose Friday, helped by optimism about technology shares following a Wall Street rally led by big tech stocks.

    Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 added 0.5% to 36,158.02. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 jumped 1.5% to 7,699.40. South Korea's Kospi surged 2.7% to 2,610.49 after the country reported strong export data.

    Hong Kong's Hang Seng shed 0.4%, to 15,498.71, while the Shanghai Composite index dropped 2.4% to 2,705.46.

    On Wall Street, U.S. stocks bounced back in a

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