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Asia-Pacific markets fell Tuesday in the absence of any major triggers, after two key Wall Street indexes rose overnight on tech optimism.

Amazon shares rose 4% on a $38 billion deal with OpenAI, a move that will use hundreds of thousands of Nvidia's graphics processing units. Nvidia also gained about 2% after it secured export licenses to ship its chips to the United Arab Emirates.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.91% to 8,813.7 after the Reserve Bank of Australia kept its cash rate unchanged at 3.6%, citing concerns about higher inflation.

Japan's Nikkei 225 lost 1.74% to close at 51,497.2, and the Topix declined 0.65% to 3,310.14. South Korea's Kospi fell 2.37% to 4,121.74

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