06:46 AM EDT, 10/07/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Asian stock markets largely gained on Tuesday as the global tech rally visited the region.

Tokyo inched into green, while other regional exchanges notched higher. Trading floors in China, Hong Kong and South Korea were shuttered on holiday.

In Japan, the Nikkei 225 opened north on Wall Street cues but faded in trading and closed just above neutral, as investors booked profits in a market scaling all-time record highs.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 6.12 to 47,950.88, as gaining issues outnumbered losers 129 to 88. A softer yen undergirded export issues.

Leading the upside was electrical equipment-maker Fujikura, up 5.5%, while semiconductor manufacturing-equipment maker Lasertec declined 5%.

In economic news, Japan's leading economic index, which encompasses indicators such as housing starts, job offers, consumer sentiment, commodities prices and equities values, rose to 107.4 in August, up from 106.1 in July, reported the Cabinet Office.

In other news, rising for the fourth straight month, Japan's real household spending lifted 2.3% on year August, reported the Statistics Bureau.

On the other regional exchanges, the tech-heavy Taiwan TWSE added 1.7%; the Australian ASX 200 lost 0.3%; the Singapore Straits Times Index rose 1.1%, and the Thai Set gained 1.5%. In late trading in Mumbai, the Sensex was up 0.2%.