Asia’s Busiest Earnings Week Puts Tech, Consumer Shares in Focus

Asia’s busiest earnings week is offering investors an early test of whether the hype around artificial intelligence is yielding real profits and if consumer demand is showing signs of a more sustainable recovery.

About 180 companies of the 1,200-odd members of the MSCI Asia Pacific Index — including Chinese technology heavyweights Meituan, Xiaomi Corp. and Kuaishou Technology — are set to report this week. Consumer giants Laopu Gold Co. and Pop Mart International Group Ltd. will also release results for the three months ending in December.