Asian stocks got off to an uneven start on Thursday following a weak lead from Wall Street, though better-than-expected manufacturing data from China provided a glimmer of good news for Beijing. Tokyo followed that lead on Thursday, dragged down by a drop in stocks linked to the semiconductor industry, which also saw a drop on Wall Street.

LONDON : Global shares slid on Thursday, after Facebook owner Meta Platforms and Microsoft both warned of accelerating costs for artificial intelligence, while evidence of strong U.S. economic growth kept the dollar underpinned.Big Tech's warnings stoked worries among investors that the pay-off for heavy

TOKYO : Asian stocks slid on Thursday as chip-sector stocks tracked overnight declines by Wall Street peers and Facebook owner Meta Platforms warned of accelerating costs for artificial intelligence. More megacap tech earnings are due later in the day from Apple and Amazon.The yen hovered close to

Asian stocks got off to an uneven start on Thursday following a weak lead from Wall Street, though better-than-expected manufacturing data from China provided a glimmer of good news for Beijing. Tokyo followed that lead on Thursday, dragged down by a drop in stocks linked to the semiconductor industry, which also saw a drop on Wall Street.