Asian markets mixed after US midterm election rally

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Asian markets mostly rose Thursday following a Wall Street rally after US midterm elections, though AI-related stocks fell sharply. Hong Kong's Hang Seng jumped 2.8%, while Australia's S&P/ASX 200 gained 1.9%. South Korea's Kospi dropped 3.5% on heavy selling of chipmakers, with Samsung Electronics down 5.7% and SK Hynix losing 7.4%. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 fell 0.5%, as SoftBank Group declined 5.3% and Advantest sank 9.4%. The Dow Jones gained over 3% Wednesday after Donald Trump's party lost exclusive control of Washington. Hospital and dollar store stocks led the rally, while Trump Media fell 24.5%, Tesla dropped 3.3%, and defense and oil companies declined on expectations of reduced conflict risk.


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