Japan's Nikkei 225 was up 1.33% at the midday close on Thursday after Meta unveiled a small handheld device, Meta Charm, designed to run its new Muse AI assistant, boosting demand expectations for computing components and lifting CPU-related names. T

2026-09-24

Japan's Nikkei 225 was up 1.33% at the midday close on Thursday after Meta unveiled a small handheld device, Meta Charm, designed to run its new Muse AI assistant, boosting demand expectations for computing components and lifting CPU-related names. TOPIX rose 0.12%. Socionext, Meiko Electronic and Ushio each jumped more than 10%; chip tester Advantest gained 4% and SoftBank Group added 0.52%. Analysts said chip-related stocks have recently shown resilience to rising yields.