Rising technology stocks on Monday are helping U.S. indexes recover more of their holiday-season slide that bridged the new year. The S&P 500 was 0.4% higher in afternoon trading and on track for a second straight gain following five straight losses,

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Jensen Huang is the CEO of Nvidia ( NVDA 3.70%), a company whose chips power the vast majority of artificial intelligence (AI) systems. At a technology conference last year, Huang made a bold declaration: "The next wave of AI is here. Robotics, powered by physical AI, will revolutionize industries."

Asian shares mostly rose Tuesday, deriving optimism from rising technology stocks on Wall Street, led by Nvidia. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 jumped 2.2% to 40,164.53. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 edged up 0.

Rising technology stocks helped U.S. indexes recover more of their holiday-season slide that bridged the new year.

Uber drove 3.9% higher after the ride-hailing app said it would accelerate $1.5 billion in purchases of its own stock, part of a previously announced $7 billion buyback program. Uber’s chief financial officer, Prashanth Mahendra-Rajah, said it’s making the move because its stock price looks cheap compared with the strength of its business.

Shares of NVIDIA Corp. NVDA rallied 3.43% to $149.43 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.55% to 5,975.38 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling 0.

Nvidia reached a level that would be a new closing high amid further signs of strong demand for artificial-intelligence chips as CEO Jensen Huang is set to deliver a keynote speech at the CES tech show in Las Vegas on Monday.