MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Asian shares retreated on Friday, tracking Wall Street’s tumble to one of its worst days since April as Nvidia and other AI superstar stocks kept dropping on worries their prices have shot too high.

U.S. futures fell and oil prices advanced.

South Korea’s Kospi led the regional decline, falling 3.8% to 4,011.57 on heavy selling of tech shares. Samsung Electronics shed 5.5% and SK Hynix lost 8.5%. LG Energy Solutions gave up 4.4%.

Taiwan’s Taiex lost 1.8%.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell nearly 1.8% to 50,376.53, reversing the previous day’s gains. SoftBank Group led the slide, plunging 6.6%.

In Chinese markets, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index shed 2% to 26,539.74, while the Shanghai Composite index slipped 1% to 3,990.49.

Data on Friday showed China’s factory output gr

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