Asian firms' earnings outlook improves as chip sector shines

A key Asia stock index has gained its biggest lift in earnings projections in more than three years, as the region's semiconductor firms benefit from the boom in generative artificial intelligence. Also helped by robust second-quarter results across a wide range of industries, the average of 12-month earnings per share forecasts for companies in the MSCI Asia Pacific index climbed 3.9% over the past month, according to LSEG IBES data that collates analysts' estimates.

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