Asia markets are mostly higher on Friday following gains on Wall Street driven by Tesla, IBM and Meta Platforms after strong profit reports. U.S. futures and oil prices rose.

Asian stocks are mixed after U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest comments on tariffs raised uncertainty in Chinese markets.

The unveiling of a large language model by a Chinese firm that can compete with U.S. giants but at potentially a fraction of the cost was like a "nuclear bomb in the AI technology world", a market expert said on Tuesday.

Japan and Hong Kong stocks were set to open mixed Tuesday, with several Asia-Pacific markets closed for the Lunar New Year holiday. Japan's Nikkei 225 futures pointed to a lower open for the market. The futures contract in Chicago was at 39,