Japan's Nikkei Index rose above the 40,000 mark and hit a three-month high on Tuesday. Strong overnight Wall Street closing and weakening yen boosted investor sentiment. The Nikkei index hit 40,257.34 points intraday, the highest since July 18. The Japanese stock market was closed on Monday due to a public holiday. The indicator index declined somewhat in the afternoon and closed at 39,910.55 points, up 0.8%, for the fourth consecutive trading day. The broader TSE stock price index closed 0.6% higher at 2,723.57 points. Wall Street closed higher on Monday, with the S&P 500 and the Dow soaring to record closing highs. Semiconductor stocks performed well, and Nvidia set a record closing record. This helped boost Japanese chip-related stocks, with weighted stocks Tokyo Electronics and Edwin Testing rising 4.5% and 3.4%, respectively. SoftBank, an investor focused on artificial intelligence startups, surged 5.8%. The performance of energy-related stocks was at the bottom, with Energy Holdings falling 4.7% and the international petroleum developer Dishi falling 3.3%. The price of oil fell for the third consecutive trading day.

Japan's Nikkei Index rose above the 40,000 mark and hit a three-month high on Tuesday. Strong overnight Wall Street closing and weakening yen boosted investor sentiment. The Nikkei index hit 40,257.34 points intraday, the highest since July 18. The Japanese stock market was closed on Monday due to a public holiday. The indicator index declined somewhat in the afternoon and closed at 39,910.55 points, up 0.8%, for the fourth consecutive trading day. The broader TSE stock price index closed 0.6% higher at 2,723.57 points. Wall Street closed higher on Monday, with the S&P 500 and the Dow soaring to record closing highs. Semiconductor stocks performed well, and Nvidia set a record closing record. This helped boost Japanese chip-related stocks, with weighted stocks Tokyo Electronics and Edwin Testing rising 4.5% and 3.4%, respectively. SoftBank, an investor focused on artificial intelligence startups, surged 5.8%. The performance of energy-related stocks was at the bottom, with Energy Holdings falling 4.7% and the international petroleum developer Dishi falling 3.3%. The price of oil fell for the third consecutive trading day.