{"id":69767,"date":"2025-04-01T16:46:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T05:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vni.com\/blog\/?p=69767"},"modified":"2025-08-05T20:53:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T10:53:11","slug":"tuesday-1st-april-2025-global-markets-rebound-amid-trade-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnk.com\/blog\/tuesday-1st-april-2025-global-markets-rebound-amid-trade-uncertainty\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday 1st April 2025: Global Markets Rebound Amid Trade Uncertainty\u00a0"},"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 2.26%, Shanghai Composite up 0.38%, Hang Seng up 1.03% ASX up 0.16%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commodities : Gold at $3165.35 (0.80%), Silver at $34.7 (0.48%), Brent Oil at $74.75 (0.15%), WTI Oil at $71.6 (0.04%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rates : US 10-year yield at 4.205, UK 10-year yield at 4.6760, Germany 10-year yield at 2.7270<\/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>(JPY) Unemployment Rate 2.4%&nbsp; to 2.5% expected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Markets Update:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Australia\u2019s S&amp;P\/ASX 200 gained 0.91% after the Reserve Bank of Australia held interest rates at 4.1%, aligning with expectations ahead of the May 3 elections. Japan\u2019s Nikkei 225 erased early gains to trade flat, while the broader Topix rose 0.12% in volatile trading. The Nikkei 225 had entered correction territory in the previous session, falling 4.05% to a six-month low. South Korea\u2019s Kospi climbed 1.66%, and the small-cap Kosdaq surged 2.88%. Mainland China\u2019s CSI 300 edged up 0.29%, while Hong Kong\u2019s Hang Seng Index rose 1.06%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China\u2019s Caixin PMI for March came in at 51.2, slightly above economists\u2019 forecast of 51.1 and higher than February\u2019s 50.8 reading. India\u2019s Nifty 50 opened 0.1% higher in choppy trade, while the BSE Sensex dipped 0.42%. U.S. futures slipped as investors awaited updates on Trump\u2019s tariff plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wall Street, two of the three major indexes ended in positive territory. The S&amp;P 500 erased earlier losses to rise 0.55%, closing at 5,611.85 after dropping as much as 1.65% intraday. The Nasdaq Composite declined 0.14%, settling at 17,299.29, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 417.86 points (1%) to close at 42,001.76.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investor sentiment remained cautious amid market volatility, with global indices reacting to economic data and policy decisions. The rebound in Asia-Pacific markets followed a steep sell-off, reflecting ongoing uncertainty over trade policies and interest rate movements.<\/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>01:45 PM GMT &#8211; USD Final Manufacturing PMI<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>02:00 PM GMT &#8211; USD ISM Manufacturing PMI<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>02:00 PM GMT &#8211; USD JOLTS Job opening<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Markets: News &amp; Data: Markets Update: Australia\u2019s S&amp;P\/ASX 200 gained [&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-69767","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\/69767","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=69767"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69773,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69767\/revisions\/69773"}],"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=69767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}