Japan's Nikkei rises as Nvidia's AI China news lifts chip-related shares

Nikkei ends 0.55% higher at 39,678.02 as chip stocks rally on Nvidia’s China sales revival.

Tokyo Electron (+3.49%) and Advantest (+1.78%) led gains; cable stocks like Furukawa (+6.49%) also surged on data center optimism.

Investors eye U.S. CPI data and monitor Japan’s July 20 election amid fears of LDP-Komeito defeat.

Daikin Industries drops 2.6%, becoming the biggest drag on the index.