Asian benchmarks mostly decline as markets await Nvidia earnings

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Wednesday, despite a record high on Wall Street, as investors awaited a closely watched earnings report from Nvidia.

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 slid nearly 0.3% in morning trading to 38,188.50.

Toyota stock jumped more than 3% after Japanese media reported Japan’s top automaker was going to announce a cooperative agreement on fuel cells with European automaker BMW.

Fuel cell vehicles are ecological, running on electricity produced...