According to Kabutan, Yonhap and HKET, Tokyo's Nikkei 225 extended gains at Tuesday's open, starting at 59,372.28, up 596.78 points, while the broader TOPIX opened at 3,853.86, up 35.70 points. SoftBank Group, KOKUSAI, Renesas Electronics, Tokyo Electron and Advantest advanced, while ORIX, Toyota Motor, Nintendo and Sony Group declined; nonferrous metals and banks led sector gains. Data released before the open showed real household spending for households of two or more fell 6.8% year on year in September.
Seoul's KOSPI opened at 5,247.22, up 228.37 points, and extended gains to 5,294.35 as of 9:15 a.m. local time, up 275.50 points, or 5.49%. The Korea Exchange activated a buy-side sidecar for the main bourse at 9:06 a.m., suspending program trading for five minutes. Samsung Electronics jumped 5.85%, SK hynix soared 8.63%, Hyundai Motor climbed 4.42% and LG Energy Solution rose 3.14%.
Hong Kong stocks opened higher, with the Hang Seng Index up 172 points at 24,621 and the Hang Seng Tech Index up 0.8% at 4,072. Lenovo rose 6%, HSBC gained more than 2% and Tencent added 1%, while Alibaba bucked the trend, slipping 0.5%. PetroChina and CNOOC fell 3% as oil prices declined.
Taiwan's TAIEX opened at 42,130.33, up 468.63 points, before extending gains to more than 1,200 points. All five top-weighted stocks opened higher: TSMC at NT$2,265, up NT$30, MediaTek at NT$3,940 and Hon Hai at NT$244, while Delta Electronics and Alchip Technologies opened limit-up.
In mainland China, all four major A-share indexes opened higher, with the Shanghai Composite up 0.58%, the Shenzhen Component up 1.51%, the ChiNext Index up 2.44% and the STAR Composite up 2.46%.