Asian stocks fall as tech rout, China data and earnings weigh on sentiment; Nikkei down over 2% - CNBC TV18

Asian equity markets declined as a technology sell-off, weaker-than-expected Chinese economic data, and corporate earnings disappointments weighed on sentiment, with Japan's Nikkei falling more than 2%. The tech weakness transmits from US megacap valuations into regional indices, since Asian benchmarks carry heavy exposure to semiconductor and hardware supply chains that trade in step with Nasdaq-listed peers. China's data softness adds a growth-expectations channel, pressuring commodity-linked and domestic-demand names and reinforcing risk-off flows out of the region. Export-oriented Japanese and Korean technology stocks and Hong Kong-listed China internet names appear most exposed, while the yen's behavior will influence how Nikkei losses translate into dollar-based returns for foreign investors. Traders will watch the next Nasdaq 100 session and any follow-up Chinese industrial production or retail sales releases for confirmation of whether the regional selling extends beyond the tech complex.

The Nasdaq-100 (NDX) is the US large-cap tech benchmark. NDX is more sensitive to rate decisions than SPX because of longer-duration cash flows, and heavily concentrated in Tech/Comms names — mega-cap earnings season dominates price action.

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