Asia-Pacific markets rose Thursday following a tech rally overnight on Wall Street that lifted the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite, even as growing fears around the economy weighed on equities.
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225
rose 0.57% in early trading, while the Topix index increased 0.41%.
Over in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 benchmark climbed 0.67%.
Futures for Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index stood at 25,332, slightly lower than its last close of 25,343.43.






