Asian shares mixed after another sell-off of AI stocks on Wall St, while oil prices ease - MyNorthwest.com

Asian shares were mixed as AI-sector sell-offs on Wall Street offset gains in several regional markets. The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo edged up less than 0.1% to 64,217.27 after a slide earlier, while Korea's Kospi rose 0.4% to 7,763.95. Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined 0.9%, Shanghai Composite fell 0.2%, and Australia’s ASX 200 slipped 0.2%, with Taiwan's Taiex down 0.2% and India's Sensex up 0.4%. In New York, the S&P 500 fell 1.6%, Dow dropped 953 points to 49,918.78, and the Nasdaq Composite slid 2% to 25,169.50 as AI names led declines. Oil prices cooled, Brent at $92.81 and U.S. crude at $89.70, as markets weighed geopolitical tensions and rate expectations.