MANILA: Asian shares retreated on Friday, tracking Wall Street's tumble to one of its worst days since April as Nvidia and other AI superstar stocks kept dropping on worries their prices have shot too high.

US futures were nearly unchanged and oil prices advanced.

South Korea's Kospi led the regional decline, falling 3.2 per cent to 4,038.61 amid the global tech sell-off. Samsung Electronics shed 4.1 per cent and SK Hynix was down 6.4 per cent. LG Energy Solutions gave up 3.7 per cent.

Taiwan's Taiex lost 1.7 per cent.

Japan's Nikkei 225 fell nearly 1.7 per cent to 50,438.99, reversing the previous day's gains. SoftBank Group led the slide, plunging 5.7 per cent amid losses in its technology and AI related investments.

In Chinese markets, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index shed 1.3 per cent

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