Japanese stocks closed slightly higher, while the South Korean ChiNext index continued to rise.

Jinse Finance reported that on August 4, the Nikkei 225 Index closed up 202.63 points, or 0.32%, at 63,957.53 points, with Kioxia rising more than 4%. On August 4, the Korea KOSPI Index closed up 101.5 points, or 1.62%, at 6,358.95 points, after having come under pressure and falling by more than 2% intraday; the Korea Growth Enterprise Market Index (KOSDAQ) closed up 5.88%, marking three consecutive days of gains and triggering a buy-side program trading suspension mechanism during the session; SK Hynix increased slightly by 0.63%, and Samsung Electronics rose by 0.2%.