TOKYO, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei stock gauge

climbed on Tuesday after a holiday-extended weekend, boosted by

strong performances among technology shares that mirrored a

recent rally on Wall Street.

The Nikkei 225 Index was up 0.7% at 48,946.07,

bouncing back from a 2.4% slide on Friday. The broader Topix

edged 0.2% higher.

Major share indexes on Wall Street closed higher on Monday

for a second session, as bets solidified that the U.S. Federal

Reserve will deliver another interest rate cut in December. The

tech-heavy Nasdaq spearheaded the rally, driven by strong

performances from artificial intelligence-related stocks.

"Stocks that had seen notable declines, particularly

AI-related ones, followed the rising trend in the U.S. stock

market," Nomura Securities strategist Maki Sawada said.

"However, looking at futures, currency movements, and the

rise in interest rates, we anticipate that upside momentum may

be constrained."

There were 139 advancers in the Nikkei against 85 decliners.

The sharpest advancers were TOPPAN Holdings ( TONPF ), up 7.1%,

followed by Sumitomo Electric Industries ( SMTOF ), which gained

6.4%, and chip-sector heavyweight Advantest ( ADTTF ), up by

5.1%.

Defying the broader upbeat sentiment, Mitsui Kinzoku ( XZJCF )

led the decliners with a 6.12% drop, followed by

SoftBank Group, down 4.1%, and Tokyo Electric Power ( TKECF )

, which fell 3.9%.

Eisai ( ESALF ), a co-developer of Alzheimer's treatment

Lequembi, jumped 5.1% after Novo Nordisk said

clinical trials of its semaglutide drug failed to help slow the

progression of the brain-wasting illness.