BANGKOK – Shares logged modest gains Wednesday in Asia after Wall Street benchmarks ended just below their records following a day of choppy trading.

U.S. futures edged higher as investors awaited an earnings update from computer chip giant Nvidia due after trading ends Wednesday in New York. The artificial intelligence bellwether's quarterly report is expected to help clarify whether markets have been soaring on an overhyped bubble or AI is a technology boom in the making.

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Japan's Nikkei 225 rose 0.3% to 42,522.97, while the Kospi in Seoul was up just over 1 point to 3,181.31.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng also edged less than 0.1% higher, to 25,541.43 and the Shanghai Composite index advanced 0.3% to 3,881.07.

In Australia the S&P/ASX 200 was up 0.1% at 8,948.30.

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