10:29 AM EDT, 04/08/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Asian equities traded in the US as American depositary receipts were surging Wednesday morning, jumping 5.13% to 2,774.65 on the S&P Asia 50 ADR Index.

From North Asia, the gainers were led by travel company Tuniu ( TOUR ) , which surged 21%, followed by consumer lender Eason Technology ( DXF ) , brand platform 36Kr (KRKR), and utilities company Korea Electric Power ( KEP ) , which climbed 11% each.

The only decliners from North Asia were fintech firms Maase ( MAAS ) and AMTD Digital ( HKD ) , which were off 0.4% and 0.2%, respectively.

From South Asia, the gainers were led by tech conglomerate Sea (SE) and IT firm Sify Technologies ( SIFY ) , which rose 7.3% and 7.2%, respectively. They were followed by lenders HDFC Bank ( HDB ) and ICICI Bank ( IBN ) , which were up 6.8% and 6.1%, respectively.

The lone decliner from South Asia was IT firm Wipro ( WIT ) , which was down 0.4%.