BANGKOK – Asian shares advanced on Monday, lifted by technology shares as they rebounded from last week’s jitters over the run up in stocks related to artificial intelligence.

South Korea’s Kospi led the gains, jumping 3.5%. Computer chip maker SK Hynix, which is cooperating with Nvidia on artificial intelligence, surged 5.5%. Its bigger rival, Samsung Electronics, was up 2.4%.

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Tokyo's Nikkei 225 added 1.2% to 50,897.20, lifted by big gains for AI related shares such as chip maker Tokyo Electron, which surged 4.7%.

The Hang Seng in Hong Kong rose 0.8% to 26,445.65 and the Shanghai Composite index was barely changed, at 2,630.42.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was up 0.7% at 8,826.50.

Taiwan's Taiex jumped 1.2%, while the Sensex in India gained 0.5%.

On Friday, stock ind

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