{"id":428593,"date":"2026-03-17T14:41:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T07:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/2026\/03\/tuesday-17th-march-2026-asia-pacific-stocks-rise-as-nvidia-boosts-tech-and-auto-sectors\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T14:41:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T07:41:26","slug":"tuesday-17th-march-2026-asia-pacific-stocks-rise-as-nvidia-boosts-tech-and-auto-sectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/tuesday-17th-march-2026-asia-pacific-stocks-rise-as-nvidia-boosts-tech-and-auto-sectors\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday 17th March 2026: Asia-Pacific Stocks Rise as Nvidia Boosts Tech and Auto Sectors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h3>Global Markets:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Asian Stock Markets : Nikkei up 0.40%, Shanghai Composite down 0.04% Hang Seng up 0.91% ASX up 0.30%<\/li>\n<li>Commodities : Gold at $5,033.80 (0.63%) Silver at $81.470 (0.98%), Brent Oil at $103.11 (2.90%), WTI Oil at $95.31 (3.08%)<\/li>\n<li>Rates : US 10-year yield at 4.235, UK 10-year yield at 4.7700, Germany 10-year yield at 2.9488<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>News &amp; Data:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>(CAD) CPI m\/m 0.5%\u00a0 to 0.7%\u00a0 expected<\/li>\n<li>(CAD) Trimmed CPI y\/y 2.3%\u00a0 to 2.4%\u00a0 expected<\/li>\n<li>(CAD) Median CPI y\/y 2.3%\u00a0 to 2.4%\u00a0 expected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Markets Update:<\/h3>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>Asia-Pacific markets moved higher on Tuesday, driven by strong gains in technology and automotive stocks following optimistic signals from Nvidia. The chipmaker projected robust demand for its next-generation processors and highlighted new partnerships with regional automakers, boosting investor sentiment across the sector.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea\u2019s SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics surged more than 3% and 4%, respectively, after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang forecast that orders for its Blackwell and Vera Rubin chips could total $1 trillion by 2027. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world\u2019s largest contract chipmaker, also edged up around 1%.<\/p>\n<p>Automakers joined the rally after Nvidia confirmed collaborations in autonomous vehicle development with companies including Hyundai Motor, Nissan Motor, Isuzu, China\u2019s BYD, and Geely. Hyundai rose nearly 5%, while Geely gained about 5%, with other automakers posting moderate increases.<\/p>\n<p>Regional markets broadly advanced. Japan\u2019s Nikkei 225 climbed 0.75%, while the Topix gained over 1%. South Korea\u2019s Kospi jumped nearly 3%, and Hong Kong\u2019s Hang Seng rose close to 1%.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, investors kept a close watch on geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and rising oil prices. In the U.S., stock futures were largely flat after a rebound on Wall Street, where major indices ended higher despite ongoing uncertainty surrounding global developments and energy markets.<\/p>\n<h3>Upcoming Events:<br \/><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>02:00 PM GMT \u2013 USD Pending Home Sales m\/m<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/tuesday-17th-march-2026-asia-pacific-stocks-rise-as-nvidia-boosts-tech-and-auto-sectors\/\">Tuesday 17th March 2026: Asia-Pacific Stocks Rise as Nvidia Boosts Tech and Auto Sectors<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\">IC Your Trading Edge | Official Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Markets: \u00a0Asian Stock Markets : Nikkei up 0.40%, Shanghai Composite down 0.04% Hang Seng up 0.91% ASX up 0.30% Commodities : Gold at $5,033.80 (0.63%) Silver at $81.470 (0.98%), Brent Oil&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-428593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428593\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}