{
  "id": 18249575,
  "title": "Nikkei, Yen, Hang Seng: Asian stock markets mixed after US midterm elections - tech stocks plummet",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/nikkei-yen-hang-seng-borsen-in-asien-nach-us-zwischenwahlen",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-05T04:38:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/finanzen/maerkte/marktberichte/nikkei-yen-hang-seng-boersen-in-asien-nach-us-zwischenwahlen-uneinheitlich-technologiewerte-brechen-ein/100267457.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Japanese stocks saw a mixed day, with the Nikkei index falling 0.8% to 61,687 points, weighed down by tech stocks such as Advantest and Tokyo Electron, which plummeted 10.3% and 8.6% respectively. The broader Topix index rose 1.5% to 3955 points. In contrast, South Korea's Kospi index lost 4% to 5460 points, with Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix shares declining 5.73% and 7.52%. The Shanghai and CSI-300 indexes in China ended almost unchanged.",
  "summary": "Investors fear that the Democrats' election victory could slow down the expansion of AI data centers. While chip stocks are under pressure, industries in Japan are benefiting from falling oil prices.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}