Market sentiment fluctuated on Wednesday as preliminary results of the U.S. presidential election showed a tight race. Investors sought safety, driving U.S. stock index futures and the U.S. dollar higher during Asian trading hours.

Nvidia's market value once reached 3.53 trillion US dollars, surpassing Apple's 3.52 trillion US dollars to become the world's most valuable company.

Asian stocks remained stable on Thursday as expectations mounted ahead of China's upcoming housing policy briefing. Meanwhile, the dollar was near a two-month high on hopes that Donald Trump could be re-elected as U.S. president.

Despite strong stimulus signals from the government, the continued gains in Chinese stocks remain to be seen as inflation data disappointed.

Tesla unveiled its new self-driving Cybercab taxi, but shares fell sharply and continued to trade lower throughout the day.

Tesla announced on Thursday that it will hire 500 temporary workers at its Gigafactory in Berlin, Germany, starting Nov. 1, a move the company sees as an “optimistic assessment” of further expansion of electric vehicle production.

Most Asian stock markets rose on Thursday as investors looked to key U.S. inflation data for more clues on the direction of interest rates.

According to market sources, following Apple, AMD will also buy high-performance computing (HPC) chips from TSMC's Arizona fab Fab 21.

At the close of trading in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.26%.

SK Hynix shares rose more than 9 percent on Thursday as the company began volume production of its latest generation of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, which can meet the huge demand for artificial intelligence (AI) faster.

Amazon has reportedly recently exceeded its $1.8 billion advertising goal for its video streaming service.

Boeing announced that production of its best-selling 737 MAX and other models has been suspended due to the strike action, and the company has temporarily placed tens of thousands of employees on leave。

BlackRock and Microsoft will jointly launch a fund worth more than $30 billion to invest in AI infrastructure.

On September 18, most Asian markets maintained narrow fluctuations as investors kept a close eye on the upcoming Federal Reserve meeting, where the central bank is widely expected to cut interest rates.

Amazon has announced that it will invest $660 million over the next year to increase compensation for its delivery service partners (DSPs).

Crude oil prices rose on Wednesday as concerns about the potential impact of Tropical Storm Francine on oil supplies outweighed worries about demand.

Boeing said it is negotiating in “good faith” with the IAM on a new labor contract and that the company is not reserving any conditions for a second vote.

On Monday, Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 2.4% following last week's nearly 6% drop. The MSCI Asia Pacific ex-Japan index fell 1.2%, following last week's 2.25% drop, while South Korea's market fell 1.3%.

Amazon sued the U.S. Labor Commission, alleging it interfered in union elections and violated the Constitution.

In recent times, mundane negotiations over retransmission rates between satellite TV provider DirecTV and Disney Television Networks have now morphed into a discussion about the future of traditional bundled programming packages.

NVIDIA denied receiving a subpoena from the U.S. Department of Justice, according to a statement released Wednesday. The company said, “NVIDIA has contacted the U.S. Department of Justice and has not received any subpoena.”

On September 3, Nvidia's stock price fell sharply by 9.5%, one of the largest single-day market value drops for a US company.

In August, Tesla's China-made electric vehicle sales increased by 3% year-on-year, and its China-made Model 3 and Model Y deliveries increased by 17% from July.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is pushing the company's strategy to become a full-service supplier of data center components.