Asia-Pacific markets rose Thursday, tracking Wall Street gains after AMD's third-quarter earnings beat lifted artificial intelligence stocks.

Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 1.34% to close at 50,883.68, while the Topix index climbed 1.38% to end at 3,313.45. Japanese artificial intelligence-related companies rose: Advantest, which supplies testing equipment to Nvidia, rose 3.15%, chipmaker Renesas Electronics gained over 3%, while chip equipment maker Disco Corp advanced more than 6%.

South Korea's Kospi index climbed 0.55% to end at 4,026.45. Shares of Nvidia-supplier SK Hynix closed 2.42% higher.

Australia's ASX/S&P 200 was up 0.3% at 8,828.3.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index was up 1.88%, while the mainland's CSI 300 rose 1.43% to 4,693.4.

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