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Rising technology stocks helped U.S. indexes recover more of their holiday-season slide that bridged the new year.

Jensen Huang is the CEO of Nvidia ( NVDA 3.70%), a company whose chips power the vast majority of artificial intelligence (AI) systems. At a technology conference last year, Huang made a bold declaration: "The next wave of AI is here. Robotics, powered by physical AI, will revolutionize industries."

U.S. stock indexes are feeling pressure from better-than-expected reports on the job market and business activity.

Asian Shares Mostly Rise After Wall Street Rally Led by Nvidia TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Tuesday, deriving optimism from rising technology stocks on Wall Street, led by Nvidia. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 jumped 2.

Wall Street is drifting lower in early trading a day after strong reports on the economy stirred up worries that inflation and interest rates may stay higher than expected. The

Asian stocks are mixed after Wall Street snapped out of a spell of holiday season blues, with markets in Tokyo and China declining.

U.S. stock indexes ended mixed after drifting between small losses and gains. Trading was relatively subdued a day after strong reports on the economy stirred up worries that inflation and interest rates may remain higher than expected.