India rupee, Japan current account balance

Asia-Pacific markets mostly rose Tuesday after a mixed session on Wall Street that saw the Dow soar and the Nasdaq slip as investors rotated out of tech stocks.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index was up 1.9% in its final hour, while mainland China’s CSI 300 climbed 2.63% to end the day at 3,820.53. This is its largest one-day gain since Nov. 7.

Japan’s markets were the only outlier, with the Nikkei 225 dipping 1.83% to close at 38,474.30. The Topix fell 1.16% to 2,682.58. Both indexes extended their four-day losing streak. Japan’s 40-year government bond yield rose to an intraday high of 2.774, its highest on record since 2007, LSEG data showed.

South Korea’s Kospi closed up 0.31% to 2,497.40 while the small-cap Kosdaq added 1.39% to end the day at 718.04.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 closed 0.48% higher at 8,231, breaking a three-day losing streak.

Investors will continue monitoring India’s rupee after it weakened to a record low against the U.S. dollar. India on Monday reported inflation data for December, which declined for a second straight month year on year, coming in just below expectations at 5.22% and boosting the case for prospective interest rate cuts.

Thailand will be releasing its consumer confidence index for December.

Overnight in the U.S., the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed, outperforming the market, while the Nasdaq Composite slipped as traders continued to sell off major tech stocks that have powered the bull market.

The 30-stock Dow rose 358.67 points, or 0.86%, to close at 42,297.12 as investors rotated into nontech shares such as Caterpillar, JPMorgan and UnitedHealth. Meanwhile, the tech-heavy Nasdaq dropped 0.38% to 19,088.10. The S&P 500 inched up 0.16%, ending at 5,836.22.

All three benchmarks have declines for the past two weeks, with tech shares causing most of the damage.

—CNBC’s Hakyung Kim and Brian Evans contributed to this report.