DEBORAH MARCHINI, CNN ANCHOR: Well, in Asia they're living in the present today. Intel's big report, showing some good-looking future prospects, seems to have ignited enthusiasm for tech stocks in Asia. Dalton Tanonaka joins me live from Hong Kong with a look at how the markets fared -- Dalton.</s>DALTON TANONAKA, CNN HONG KONG: That's right, Deborah. Good morning. Asia's major stock markets did take heart in the upbeat earnings report from Intel, all moving solidly higher. Tokyo stocks posted their biggest single-day gain in more than three weeks, with the Nikkei surging nearly 4.5 percent. Hong Kong picked up nearly 3 percent, with telecoms leading the charge there -- China Mobile ringing up a 7 percent gain. Taipei's weighted index moved nearly 1.5 percent higher -- investors there driving up the country's No. 2 -- or the two leading semiconductor firms: Taiwan Semiconductor up more than 2 percent, United Microelectronics gaining more than 1.5 percent. Now back to Tokyo and the region's big gainers: Fujitsu surged more than 5 percent. Chipmaker -- chip equipment maker Advantest powered up 14.25 percent. The country's leading chipmaker, NEC, firmed 4.33 percent -- Tokyo Electron gaining more than 9.5 percent -- all moving higher on that Intel report. And those are the Asian market numbers. Deb, back to you in New York.</s>MARCHINI: All right, thanks a lot, Dalton Tanonaka.
Intel, Other Chips Boost Asian Markets