Asia-Pacific markets traded blended on Christmas Eve, after key U.S. benchmarks rose in a single day helped by features in tech shares.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 slipped 0.32% as minutes of the Financial institution of Japan’s October assembly confirmed that members agreed to stay with elevating charges if the financial and inflation outlook was met.

Japanese automaker Honda surged 15%, whereas Nissan shares fell over 5%, a day after they introduced beginning formal discussions to merge, paving the pay to create the world’s third-largest automaker by gross sales. Discussions are set to conclude in June 2025.

South Korea’s Kospi was down 0.26% whereas the Kosdaq was 0.16% increased.

South Korea’s shopper confidence slipped to the bottom in over two years. The nation’s shopper sentiment index dropped by greater than 12 factors from November to 88.four in December, falling beneath the 100-point mark that separates optimism from pessimism, a survey launched by the Financial institution of Korea confirmed.

Hong Kong’s Cling Seng index rose 0.42% on open, whereas mainland China’s CSI 300 was up 0.10%.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was 0.35% increased in a shortened buying and selling day.

In a single day within the U.S., shares rose as power in expertise names helped the broader market.

The S&P 500 gained 0.73% to five,974.07. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose 0.98% to 19,764.89, as Tesla and Meta Platforms added greater than 2% and Nvidia climbed greater than 3%.

The Dow Jones Industrial Common erased earlier losses and ended the day 66.69 factors increased, or 0.16%, to 42,906.95.

Buying and selling was skinny on Monday and is anticipated to stay muted in the course of the week. The New York Inventory Alternate closes early Tuesday for Christmas Eve at 1 p.m. ET, and the market is shut on Christmas Day.

—World Head News’s Yun Li contributed to this report.