{"id":69560,"date":"2025-03-14T17:43:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T06:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vni.com\/blog\/?p=69560"},"modified":"2025-08-06T15:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T05:18:12","slug":"friday-14th-march-2025-asia-pacific-markets-rebound-amid-u-s-tariff-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnk.com\/blog\/friday-14th-march-2025-asia-pacific-markets-rebound-amid-u-s-tariff-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday 14th March 2025: Asia-Pacific Markets Rebound Amid U.S. Tariff Concerns"},"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 up 0.85%, Shanghai Composite up 1.60%, Hang Seng up 2.08% ASX up 0.50%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commodities : Gold at $2998.35 (0.70%), Silver at $34.5 (0.68%), Brent Oil at $70.35 (0.65%), WTI Oil at $67.08 (0.64%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rates : US 10-year yield at 4.293, UK 10-year yield at 4.6820, Germany 10-year yield at 2.8535<\/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) Core PPI m\/m -0.1%&nbsp; to 0,3% expected<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(USD) PPI m\/m 0.0%&nbsp; to 0.3% expected<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(USD) Unemployment Claims&nbsp; 220K&nbsp; to 226K expected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Markets Update:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/>Mainland China\u2019s CSI 300 rebounded from Thursday\u2019s losses, climbing 2.4% by late morning in Singapore, led by gains in healthcare, consumer cyclicals, and non-cyclicals. Hong Kong\u2019s Hang Seng Index also surged 2.22%, while Australia\u2019s S&amp;P\/ASX 200 rose 0.39%, reversing earlier losses. Japan\u2019s Nikkei 225 edged up 0.35%, with the broader Topix index gaining 0.40%. Meanwhile, South Korea\u2019s Kospi remained flat, but the smaller Kosdaq advanced 1.82%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recovery comes amid escalating trade tensions, with Trump threatening 200% tariffs on European alcoholic products in response to the EU\u2019s 50% tariff on whiskey. \u201cI\u2019m not going to bend at all,\u201d he stated Thursday. Michael Strobaek, global chief investment officer at Lombard Odier, warned that Trump\u2019s policies contribute to market risk. He noted that investors must \u201cfilter out the noise\u201d as uncertainties persist. \u201cMarket fundamentals remain solid, but volatility calls for diversification,\u201d he advised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite Thursday\u2019s declines, U.S. futures showed signs of recovery on Friday. The S&amp;P 500 had dropped 1.39% to 5,521.52, entering correction territory. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.3%, while the Nasdaq Composite shed 1.96%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With ongoing geopolitical and economic uncertainties, global markets continue to navigate volatility, assessing potential impacts on trade and growth.<\/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>02:00 PM GMT &#8211; USD Prelim UoM Consumer Sentiment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>02:00 PM GMT &#8211; USD Prelim UoM Inflation Expectations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Markets: News &amp; Data: Markets Update: Mainland China\u2019s CSI 300 [&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-69560","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\/69560","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=69560"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69567,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69560\/revisions\/69567"}],"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=69560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}