Hang Seng Index dips in early trading on Friday

The Hang Seng Index slid in the early morning trading session on Friday.

The benchmark Hang Seng Index dipped by 46 points, or 0.2 percent to 25,518 points. 

The Hang Seng Tech Index inched up by 0.3 percent to around 4,633 points.

Taiwanese shares gained 1.2 percent after Nvidia jumped nearly 9 percent overnight after the chipmaker reported robust results and signalled the AI spending boom has years left to run. South Korea's KOSPI, however, fell 1 percent, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng was down 0.3 percent.

S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures were off 0.1 percent, while EURO STOXX 50 futures edged up 0.3 percent.

Staff reporter and Reuters

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