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2026-09-18 · NASDAQ

Asian Shares Mostly Higher As Tech Stocks Surge

(RTTNews) - Asian stocks rose broadly on Friday, with technology stocks leading the surge after reports emerged that SK Hynix and Intel are in early talks to produce memory chips together at Intel's idle Ohio complex in the United States. Gold prices jumped more than 1 percent toward $4,400 an ounce, after having snapped a three-day decline the previous day on the back of easing oil prices and a weaker dollar. Brent crude futures fell over 2 percent toward $102 a barrel, extending losses for a third session on hopes of limited supply disruption and renewed diplomatic efforts to end the conflict.

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