Asia-Pacific markets set for lower open as investors assess Nvidia results, monitor Asia tech stocks

Japan’s Nikkei 225 dropped 0.56%, while the broad based Topix was down 0.14%.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was down 0.47%.

Hong Kong Hang Seng index futures were at 17,648, lower than the HSI’s last close of 17,692.45.

Overnight in the U.S., all three major indexes fell in the regular trading session and before Nvidia’s results, with the Nasdaq Composite down 1.12%, while the S&P 500 slipped 0.6%.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 159.08 points, or 0.39%.

—CNBC’s Lisa Kailai Han, Hakyung Kim and Kif Leswing contributed to this report.