China stocks under stress near 15-month low, Japanese Nikkei sees good gains this week

Asian markets saw mixed moves as technology stocks were cautious due to uncertainty over the fallout of Jensen Huang?s exit from Nvidia. China?s Shanghai composite index shed 0.59% to end at 3634, not far from lowest levels in 15 months. Hong Kong stocks added to weakness seen this week, with the Hang Seng Index falling 3.45% on the week to close at 23,637.60 points. It lost 1.55% today. However, Japan?s Nikkei recorded its best week in five months. Nikkei was up 0.53% and marked around 7% weekly gain. Economic cues are supportive for Japan. Ata out earlier this week showed that Japan?s machine tool orders surged by 42.5% year-on-year to JPY 204,377 million in October 2026, easing from a 60.4% jump in the previous month. Demand remained robust across both domestic and overseas markets, with domestic orders rising 46.5% year-on-year to JPY 52,290 million.

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