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

Asian equities declined broadly, with Japan's Nikkei falling more than 2% as a technology sell-off, weaker-than-expected Chinese economic data, and corporate earnings disappointments weighed on regional sentiment. The tech weakness is transmitting to Asian markets through the global semiconductor and AI-hardware supply chain, where declines in US technology names, including the Nasdaq 100 (NDX), tend to reprice expectations for Japanese chipmakers and exporters with heavy exposure to those end markets. Chinese data softness adds a separate demand channel, lowering growth expectations for regional trade partners and commodity importers while pressuring Chinese equities and the yuan-linked risk complex. Japanese equities are most sensitive given their high weighting in technology and export-oriented manufacturers, which amplifies moves when the yen and global risk appetite shift together. Traders will focus on the next Chinese industrial output and retail sales release and on any policy signals from Beijing for evidence of incremental stimulus.

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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