Asian tech stocks rise as oil advances; South Korea’s Kospi up 2.8%

The robust tech earnings helped MSCI’s Asia-Pacific equities gauge advance 0.4 per cent, with South Korea’s tech-heavy Kospi Index adding 2.8 per cent. US equity-index futures were little changed. Nikkei 225 futures (OSE) fell 0.3 per cent, Japan’s Topix rose 0.4 per cent and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.5 per cent. In other corners of the market, the yen was little changed around 159.33 a US dollar. Treasuries steadied with the yield on the benchmark 10-year note little changed at 4.69 per cent.