Hong Kong stocks rose slightly on the last trading day of the Year of the Dragon, and the Hang Seng Index rose by 28.44% for the entire year

In the early trading of US stocks, the Nasdaq rose by 0.45%, with semiconductor stocks generally rising, and Nvidia up by 2.4%. The Dow Jones increased by 0.03%, and the S&P 500 index rose by 0.22%. Semiconductor stocks saw widespread gains, with Broadcom up about 2.5% and TSMC up about 1%.

Asian markets were mostly closed on Wednesday for the Lunar New Year holiday, with Hong Kong stocks trading for half a day before closing.

The Hang Seng Index edged up 0.14%, while the Hang Seng Tech Index gained 0.77%. For the Year of the Dragon, the Hang Seng Index rose 28.44%, and the Tech Index advanced 51.05%.

All three major US stock index futures turned positive, with Nasdaq 100 index futures up 0.6%. In pre-market trading, semiconductor stocks generally rose, with Nvidia up about 5% and Broadcom up about 3%.

European stocks opened basically flat, with the Euro Stoxx 50 index opening up 0.1%.

The US dollar index and crude oil rose slightly, while gold remained stable and Bitcoin rose nearly 1%.

In pre-market trading of US stocks, semiconductor stocks generally rose, with Nvidia up about 5%, Broadcom up about 3%, and Micron Technology up about 2%.

Overnight, influenced by the Deepseek large model, Nvidia's stock price plummeted by 17%, with a single-day market value evaporating nearly $600 billion, setting a record for the largest scale in US stock history.

In pre-market trading of US stocks, nuclear power stocks collectively rebounded, with NANO Nuclear Energy up nearly 8%, Oklo up nearly 7%, and Vistra Energy and NuScale Power up over 5%; cryptocurrency concept stocks rose, with TeraWulf up nearly 8% and Bit Digital up nearly 4%.

All three major US stock index futures turned positive, with Nasdaq 100 index futures up 0.6%, S&P 500 index futures up 0.3%, and Dow futures up 0.02%.

The Euro Stoxx 50 index opened up 0.1%, the German DAX index rose by 0.5%, the UK FTSE 100 index rose by 0.1%, and the French CAC 40 index fell by 0.2%.

In the night session of US stocks, semiconductor stocks generally rose, with Nvidia up over 5%, Broadcom up over 3%, AMD up nearly 3%, Micron Technology up nearly 2%, and TSMC up over 1%.

U.S. nuclear power stocks expanded their gains in after-hours trading, with NANO Nuclear Energy rising over 10%, Oklo and NuScale Power up over 8%, and Vistra Energy increasing over 7%, all of which had dropped more than 20% overnight.

Bitcoin rose nearly 1%, returning above $100,000 per coin.

Gold remained stable.

Brent and WTI crude oil rose 0.7%.