Japan's Nikkei Stock Average rose 0.8% to close at 39958.87 amid risk-on sentiment. "Equities worldwide continued to ride on the wave of U.S.' AI investment announcement, as well as blowout earnings from streaming giant Netflix,

President Donald Trump's boost to AI demand hopes is outweighing fresh tariff threats on China and the EU, as earnings season rolls on.

Tech shares led US stocks higher Wednesday following strong earnings from Netflix and a White House announcement that reignited enthusiasm about artificial intelligence.

Trump vowed to hit the "very, very bad" European Union with tariffs and said his administration was also discussing a 10% punitive duty on Chinese imports - blaming the trafficking of fentanyl from China to the U.S. via Mexico and Canada.

All told, the S&P 500 rose 37.13 points, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 130.92 and the Nasdaq composite jumped 252.56.

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The domestic equity benchmarks closed with modest gains on Thursday, buoyed by a firmness in IT stocks. Optimism surrounding increased artificial intelligence (AI) spending in the United States fueled the sector's rise.