Asia-Pacific Markets Fall Following U.S. Tech Selloff

Asia-Pacific markets mostly fell Wednesday as a U.S. technology sell-off weighed on sentiment, with Japan's Nikkei 225 down 1.2% and the Topix off 0.39%. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.22% while South Korea's Kospi and Kosdaq rose 0.4% and 1.01% respectively; Nintendo shares dropped 8% despite maintaining its Switch 2 sales forecast amid memory-price concerns. The U.S. S&P 500 and Nasdaq also pulled back, deepening global losses.