Japan's Nikkei Stock Average rose 0.8% to close at 39958.87 amid risk-on sentiment. "Equities worldwide continued to ride on the wave of U.S.' AI investment announcement, as well as blowout earnings from streaming giant Netflix,

Wall Street closed higher, with the S&P 500 index scoring an all-time high. Blowout Netflix results and plans for $500b AI investment fuel gains.

Gold price sticks to positive bias for the third successive day on Wednesday and trades near its highest level since November 1 above $2,750. The uncertainty around US President Donald Trump's trade policies turns out to be a key factor that continues to drive haven flows towards the precious metal.

Dow Jones Industrial Average rises 120.97 points, or 0.27 per cent, to 44,146.78. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Masayoshi Son founded SoftBank in 1981. It has invested millions in some of Silicon Valley's biggest tech companies.

The streaming service's shares jumped 14% in premarket trading after a blockbuster earnings report late Tuesday. Netflix b

U.S. stock index futures held steady Wednesday evening after the SP 500 hit a record high, driven by Netflixs strong earnings and optimism over President Donald Trumps AI investment initiative. SP 500 Futures were flat

Netflix shot up 14.6% after it reported adding nearly 19 million subscribers during the holiday-season quarter and it topped sales and profit targets. The video streaming service’s expansion into live programming appears to be paying off as it wrapped up its best year ever with more than $40 billion in revenue.

Netflix, Oracle and other technology stocks are lifting U.S. indexes as their profits pile higher and excitement builds around the moneymaking prospects of artificial intelligence. The S&P 500 rose 0.

U.S. stocks were rising on Wednesday morning with the major stock averages seeing their third day of gains as investors digested a slew of robust corporate earnings and President Donald Trump's new initiative on artificial intelligence.

BLOOMBERG NEWS President Trump on Tuesday announced a joint venture to fund artificial intelligence infrastructure worth billions of dollars with the leaders of Softbank Group Corp., OpenAI LLC ...

Netflix is the world's largest streaming platform for movies and TV shows, and it continues to extend its lead over the competition. Netflix is experiencing tremendous growth from its advertising tier,