Jen-Hsun Huang steps down due to cheating! The Nikkei Index bucked the trend and soared more than 1,000 points in early trading, and South Korean stocks rose 2%.

U.S. stocks fell on Thursday (12th), but Asian stocks had a different trend. The Nikkei index opened higher today and rose as much as 1,083.14 points in early trading, while Korean stocks once rose more than 2% in early trading.

Huida CEO Jen-Hsun Huang revealed his extramarital affairs one after another and announced his resignation. The news shocked the world, and investors stopped estimating the prospects of conflicts in the Middle East. The U.S. stock market fell.

In terms of Asian stock markets, the Nikkei Index opened higher today at 61223.41 points, an increase of 404.05 points. The index opened higher and once rose 1083.14 points to 61902.50 points. At the end of the morning session, the index rose 997.36 points or 1.64% to 61816.72 points.

According to Reuters, although the U.S. stock market was weak on the previous trading day and the market was concerned about the possible impact of the resignation of Huida CEO Jen-Hsun Huang, Japanese companies have recently delivered outstanding financial reports, and many stocks in the AI ​​(artificial intelligence) and semiconductor groups of the U.S. stock market are still performing strongly. The market expects that the Tokyo stock market is expected to remain strong today (13th).

And in the U.S. market, in addition to Huida, many other AI and semiconductor-related stocks still maintain strong performance, which also brings positive support to the market and offsets the pressure caused by the weakening of some U.S. stocks.

As for the Korean stock market, the South Korea Composite Stock Price Index opened at 5452.41 points today, an increase of 109.68 points from the previous trading day. The index subsequently rose by more than 2%, but as of about 9:13 a.m. Taipei time, the index was at 5383.19 points, an increase of 40.46 points or 0.76%.