A gauge of Asian shares snapped a two-day gain, with Korean chipmakers SK Hynix Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. weighing as the nation’s markets reopened after the Lunar New Year holidays.

Asian equities fell Friday, pressured by technology companies. US futures climbed after robust results from Apple Inc.

US and European stock futures gained after strong earnings from Apple Inc. and Intel Corp. boosted sentiment, while the dollar also rose as traders brace for President Donald trump’s tariffs announcements on Saturday.

Asia markets are mostly higher on Friday following gains on Wall Street driven by Tesla, IBM and Meta Platforms after strong profit reports. U.S. futures and oil prices rose.

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Apple and other big U.S. companies reporting fatter profits than expected are helping stock indexes shave off more of their sharp losses from the start of the week. The S&P 500 rose 0.

The KSE-100 witnessed strong buying for the major part of the day, hitting an intra-day high of 115,106.99, a gain of around 1,900 points as compared to the previous close. However, some late-session selling trimmed the intra-day gains.

Massive buying was witnessed at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), with the benchmark KSE-100 gaining nearly 1,700 points during the first half of the trading session on Friday. At 12pm, the benchmark index was hovering at 114,865.61, an increase of 1,659.21 points or 1.47%.

Asian shares wavered on Friday, weighed down by the return of tech-heavy South Korean stocks from holidays, but relatively strong earnings from U.S. tech giants kept risk sentiment intact while tariff threats pushed the dollar and gold prices higher.