Asia-Pacific markets climbed across the board Thursday, in contrast with Wall Street's overnight losses which saw the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite fall for a fourth straight day.
Tech stocks led markets lower as artificial intelligence darling Nvidia fell nearly 4%, joined by Netflix, Meta, Apple and Microsoft. Tech was the worst-performing S&P 500 sector, falling 1.7%.
Investors are "trimming some of the high fliers," said Kevin Gordon, senior investment strategist at Charles Schwab. "I think investors are really starting to catch on to the fact that there are other parts of the market that are doing well."
Investors in Asia will assess Australia's unemployment rate, which is one of the metrics the country's central bank weighs when considering monetary policy.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 climbed 0.48% to close at 7,642.1, snapping a five-day losing streak as the country's unemployment rate inched up to 3.8% in March, less than the 3.9% expected by Reuters.
South Korea's Kospi rebounded from Wednesday's losses and led Asian markets, advancing 1.95% and ending at 2,634.7. The small-cap Kosdaq gained 2.72% to finish at 855.65.
Japan's Nikkei 225 reversed earlier losses and closed 0.31% up at 38,079, ending a three-day losing streak, while the broad-based Topix advanced 0.54% to 2,677.45
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index climbed 1%, while the mainland Chinese CSI 300 traded up 0.12% to end at 3,569.8.
On Wednesday in the U.S., all three major indexes lost ground, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average recording its seventh negative session in the last eight, along with the losses in the other two major indexes.
The 30-stock Dow lost 0.12%, while the S&P 500 shed 0.58% and the Nasdaq Composite tumbled 1.15%.
— CNBC's Sarah Min and Alex Harring contributed to this report.