Asia markets : Nikkei 225 , Kospi , Nifty 50

<p>Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed Friday, after U.S. stocks declined overnight as Nvidia shares tumbled despite a quarterly earnings beat.</p>
<p>Japan's <a href="/quotes/.N225/">Nikkei 225</a> added 0.16% to close at 58,8850.27, while the Topix rose 1.5% to 3,938.68. The benchmark Japanese index hit 59,000 for the first time on Thursday before paring gains slightly.</p>
<p>South Korea's Kospi declined 1.%, ending the day at 6,244.13, but the small-cap Kosdaq gained 0.39% to 1,192.78.</p>
<p>Hong Kong <a href="/quotes/.HSI/">Hang Seng index</a> was up 1% as of its last hour of trade, while mainland China's CSI 300 slid 0.34% to 4,710.65.</p>
<p>Australia's <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/.AXJO/">S&amp;P/ASX 200</a> rose 0.25% to 9,198.6.</p>
<p>Asia tech stocks declined. SK Hynix, which is a key supplier of high-bandwidth memory to Nvidia, dipped 3.46%. <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/SSU-FF/">Samsung Electronics</a>, which has been <a href="https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-teams-with-nvidia-to-lead-the-transformation-of-global-intelligent-manufacturing-through-new-ai-megafactory#:~:text=Samsung%20Electronics%20today%20announced%20plans,semiconductors%2C%20mobile%20devices%20and%20robotics.">a decades-old</a> partner of Nvidia, fell 0.69%.</p>
<p><a href="/quotes/9984.T-JP/">SoftBank Group</a>, a major investors in AI companies, declined over 2.6%.</p>
<p>Overnight in the U.S., the <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/.SPX/">S&amp;P 500</a> pulled back after the latest results from tech titan <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/NVDA/">Nvidia</a> and software giant <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/CRM/">Salesforce</a> failed to boost the broader market.</p>
<p>The broad market index fell 0.54% to end at 6,908.86, while the <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/.IXIC/">Nasdaq Composite</a> declined 1.18% and closed at 22,878.38. The <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/.DJI/">Dow Jones Industrial Average</a> added 17.05 points, or 0.03%, to settle at 49,499.20.</p>
<p>Nvidia shares fell more than 5%, even after the chip giant posted a fourth-quarter earnings and revenue beat. The stock suffered its worst day since April. Other chip stocks such as <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/AVGO/">Broadcom</a>, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/LRCX/">Lam Research</a>, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/WDC/">Western Digital</a> and <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/AMAT/">Applied Materials</a> also slid.</p>
<p>—CNBC's Sean Conlon and Pia Singh contributed to this report.</p>