US futures are flat and Asian stocks gain after optimism about AI sends Wall Street higher
TOKYO (AP) — U. S. futures were flat after President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech, while Asian shares were mostly higher. Japan's benchmark briefly hit a record high as investors were cheered by an overnight Wall Street rally driven by optimism about the artificial-intelligence boom. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 surged 2. 2% to 58,583. 12. Shares also rose in China. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 0. 5% to 26,735. 22, while the Shanghai Composite added 0. 6% to 4,142. 17. South Korea's 2 1%...
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