Asian equities traded in the US as American depositary receipts were tracking higher Thursday morning, rising 0.31% to 2,773.92 on the S&P Asia 50 ADR Index.

From North Asia, the gainers were led by semiconductor companies Himax Technologies (HIMX) and Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), which climbed 7.5% and 5%, respectively. They were followed by semiconductor company ASE Technology (ASX) and solar panel maker JinkoSolar (JKS), which advanced 4.2% and 4.1%, respectively.

The decliners from North Asia were led by real estate management and digital security firm Eason Technology (DXF) and mobile big data platform Aurora Mobile (JG), which fell 12% and 10%, respectively. They were followed by education company 51Talk Online Education Group (COE) and brand platform 36Kr (KRKR), which dropped 7% and 4.5%, respectively.

From South Asia, the gainers were led by IT company Sify Technologies (SIFY), which rose 5.2%. It was followed by telecommunications operator Telekomunikasi Indonesia (TLK) and lender ICICI Bank (IBN), which were up 3.3% and 2%, respectively.

The only decliners from South Asia were IT companies Wipro (WIT) and Infosys (INFY), which were down 1.9% and 0.5%, respectively.