Asian shares are mostly higher in cautious trading as Wall Street settles

Asian shares are mostly higher in cautious trading as Wall Street settles 21 mins ago Asian shares are mostly gaining in cautious trading after U.S. stocks settled back to where they were before last week’s swoon over the future of artificial intelligence. U.S. futures edged higher while oil prices declined. Benchmarks rose Wednesday in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Seoul. SoftBank's shares fell 3.5%, plunging as much as 9% earlier in the day, after it said Tuesday it sold its entire stake in the AI chip company Nvidia for $5.8 billion last month. On Tuesday, the S&P 500 added 0.2% and the Dow gained 1.2% to a record, surpassing its prior all-time high set two weeks ago. The Nasdaq dipped 0.3%.