HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Tuesday and U.S. futures advanced after shares rose to near a record close on Wall Street. Oil prices steadied as the situation in the Middle East remained uncertain. Japan's Nikkei 225 rose 0.5% to 70,321.83. The benchmark has returned to above the 70,000 mark this week for the first time since early July. South Korea's Kospi lost 1% to 6,936.60. Technology-related stocks in Japan and South Korea were volatile. Japanese chip testing equipment manufacturer Advantest gained 2%, while OpenAI investor SoftBank Group fell 2.5% after its CEO Masayoshi Son warned of potential dangers related to the technology. South Korea's Samsung Electronics dropped 1.6%, and memory chipmaker SK Hynix slipped 2.9%.
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