TOKYO -- Japan's Advantest is solidifying its lead in global sales of chip testing equipment, and its share price is hitched to that of chipmaker Nvidia ... but the Japanese player gained the ...

Nvidia fell 2% and was the heaviest weight ... In currency trading, the U.S. dollar edged up to 157.70 Japanese yen from 157.26 yen. The euro cost $1.0255, down from $1.0274.

Asian shares mostly rose Tuesday, deriving optimism from rising technology stocks on Wall Street, led by Nvidia.

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang delivered a keynote speech ... The prices in Japan are 393,800 yen for the RTX 5090, 198,800 yen for the RTX 5080, 148,800 yen for the RTX 5070 Ti, and 108,800 yen for ...

Hopes for a Santa Claus rally on Wall Street fell Friday as tech stocks slid lower, while a weaker yen lifted Japanese equities ... while those in AI chipmaker Nvidia shed around 2.0 percent.