Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index gained 0.3% to 40,074.87 after the central bank raised its benchmark rate to about 0.5% from 0.25%, as widely expected. It is the highest level for the rate since 2008, as the Bank of Japan shifts out of a long spell of extreme low interest rates meant to spur more borrowing and spending.

Asian stock markets turned in a choppy Friday after Japan's central bank tightened monetary policy, but US President Donald Trump delivered relatively positive commentary regarding China at the World Economic Forum meeting in Switzerland.

The technology-dominated index slipped 3.07% to finish at 19,341.83. The S&P 500 shed 1.46% and closed at 6,012.28. The Dow Jones Industrial Average managed to add 289.33 points, or 0.65%, settling at 44,713.58.

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By Benjamin Nathan OTCHERE Expanding retail investor participation in a stock market is crucial for a nation’s financial ecosystem. When retail investors are  engaged, markets tend to be more vibrant,

Stocks in the Asia-Pacific region mostly climbed Tuesday, Jan. 28, with the Japanese market showing a third day of decreases and shares in Hong Kong climbing for the third session. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index Hang Seng Index gained 0.1% to 20,225.11, while the Nikkei 225 Index NIKKEI 225 Index of Japanese companies dropped 1.4% to 39,016.87.

Wall Street’s superstars are tumbling Monday as a competitor from China threatens to upend the artificial-intelligence frenzy they've been feasting on. The S&P 500 was down 1.9% in midday trading and heading for its worst day in more than a month.

Wall Street is tumbling Monday on fears that the market's winners who have feasted on the artificial-intelligence frenzy are under threat from a competitor in China that can do similar things for much cheaper.