{"id":69345,"date":"2025-02-26T18:10:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T07:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vni.com\/blog\/?p=69345"},"modified":"2025-08-06T15:55:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T05:55:03","slug":"wednesday-26th-february-2025-asia-pacific-mixed-as-u-s-stocks-slide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnk.com\/blog\/wednesday-26th-february-2025-asia-pacific-mixed-as-u-s-stocks-slide\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday 26th February 2025: Asia-Pacific Mixed as U.S. Stocks Slide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br \/>Global Markets:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&nbsp;Asian Stock Markets : Nikkei down 0.58%, Shanghai Composite up 0.70%, Hang Seng up 3.14% ASX down 0.18%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commodities : Gold at $2931.35 (0.33%), Silver at $32.15 (1.08%), Brent Oil at $72.7 (0.5%), WTI Oil at $69.18 (0.38%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rates : US 10-year yield at 4.327, UK 10-year yield at 4.5090, Germany 10-year yield at 2.4510<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News &amp; Data:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>(USD) CB Consumer Confidence 98.3&nbsp; to 102.7 expected<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(USD) Richmond Manufacturing Index 6&nbsp; to -3 expected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Markets Update:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/>Asia-Pacific markets had a mixed performance on Wednesday after key U.S. benchmarks fell overnight due to weaker-than-expected consumer confidence data. Hong Kong\u2019s Hang Seng Index surged 2.38%, led by consumer and technology stocks, following the city\u2019s announcement of a 1 billion Hong Kong dollar investment in AI research and development. The Hang Seng Tech Index jumped 3.63%, with JD.com, Xpeng, Alibaba, and Meituan posting significant gains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Japan\u2019s Nikkei 225 and Topix fell for the second consecutive day, losing 1.11% and 1.06%, respectively. South Korea\u2019s Kospi remained flat, while the small-cap Kosdaq edged up 0.23%. In mainland China, the CSI300 index rose 0.37%. Meanwhile, Australia\u2019s S&amp;P\/ASX 200 declined 0.32%, extending its losses. The country\u2019s consumer price index increased by 2.5% year over year in January, in line with expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the U.S., investor concerns over economic growth and global trade weighed on markets. The S&amp;P 500 slipped 0.47%, marking its fourth consecutive decline and closing at 5,955.25. The Nasdaq Composite dropped 1.35% to 19,026.39, led by a 2.8% fall in Nvidia\u2019s shares. However, the Dow Jones Industrial Average bucked the trend, rising 0.37% or 159.95 points to close at 43,621.16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With market uncertainty rising, investors sought safety in U.S. bonds. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield fell below 4.3%, hitting its lowest level since December, reflecting cautious sentiment in the financial markets.<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Upcoming Events:&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>03:00 PM GMT &#8211; USD New Home Sales<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>03:30 PM GMT &#8211; USD Crude Oil Inventories<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Markets: News &amp; Data: Markets Update: Asia-Pacific markets had a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":71231,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[196,215,339],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fundamental-analysis","category-market-analysis","category-recent-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69345"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69353,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69345\/revisions\/69353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}