A flood of incorrect stock-market data briefly hit traders’ screens around the globe early Tuesday morning in Asia, showing apparent huge moves in the Nasdaq-listed share prices of some of the world’s biggest companies, including tech giants Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Amazon.com Inc.

The faulty data on stock prices appeared on several platforms including Yahoo Finance, Google Finance and on Bloomberg terminals between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. Hong Kong time, after U.S. markets Monday had closed early ahead of the Independence...