{"id":71328,"date":"2025-08-13T15:46:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T05:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnj.com\/blog\/?p=71328"},"modified":"2025-08-13T15:46:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T05:46:27","slug":"wednesday-13th-august-2025-asia-rises-on-fed-cut-hopes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnk.com\/blog\/wednesday-13th-august-2025-asia-rises-on-fed-cut-hopes\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday 13th August 2025: Asia Rises on Fed Cut Hopes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Global Markets:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&nbsp;Asian Stock Markets : Nikkei up 1.27%, Shanghai Composite up 0.43%, Hang Seng up 1.93% ASX down -0.47%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commodities : Gold at $3.396.85 (-0.06%), Silver at $38.230 (0.60%), Brent Oil at $66.17 (0.08%), WTI Oil at $63.19 (0.03%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rates : US 10-year yield at 4.283, UK 10-year yield at 4.6270, Germany 10-year yield at 2.7431<\/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 CPI m\/m 0.3%&nbsp; to 0.3% expected<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(USD) CPI m\/m 0.2%&nbsp; to 0.2% expected<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(USD) CPI y\/y 2.7%&nbsp; to 2.8% expected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Markets Update:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Asian stock markets traded mostly higher Wednesday, tracking Wall Street\u2019s gains after U.S. July CPI matched expectations, bolstering hopes for a September Fed rate cut. The U.S. and China also extended their trade truce for 90 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Japan\u2019s Nikkei 225 hit fresh record highs above 43,300, up 1.36 percent, supported by exporters, financials, and standout gains from Sony (+5%), Yokohama Rubber (+9%), and Renesas Electronics (+6%). Producer prices rose 0.2 percent in July, in line with forecasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Australia, the S&amp;P\/ASX 200 fell 0.55 percent to 8,831.90, reversing earlier gains. Weakness in energy and banks outweighed strength in miners and tech. BHP, Rio Tinto, and Fortescue rose about 1 percent, while Mineral Resources slid 3 percent. Gold miner Evolution Mining surged over 5% on strong results, while AGL Energy plunged nearly 12% on disappointing earnings. Tyro Payments jumped 8% on takeover interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere, Hong Kong gained 1.5%, and most regional markets, including China, South Korea, and Singapore, advanced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wall Street, the Nasdaq surged 1.4% to a record close, the S&amp;P 500 rose 1.1%, and the Dow climbed 1.1%. European markets were mixed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crude oil prices fell, with WTI down 1.38% to $63.08 ahead of a U.S.-Russia meeting. The Aussie dollar traded at $0.653, while the U.S. dollar held in the upper 147 yen range.<\/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>02:30 PM GMT &#8211; USD Crude Oil Inventories<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Markets: News &amp; Data: Markets Update: Asian stock markets traded [&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-71328","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\/71328","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=71328"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71334,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71328\/revisions\/71334"}],"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=71328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}