{"id":14148,"date":"2025-07-22T00:29:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T00:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/14148\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T00:29:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T00:29:10","slug":"asia-stock-markets-today-live-updates-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/14148\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia stock markets today: live updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Japan’s Nikkei 225 share average rises in early trade<\/p>\n

Japan’s\u00a0\u00a0rose in early trade Tuesday, as markets reopened after the ruling party lost its majority in the upper house over the weekend<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 225-stock share average advanced 1.12% to hit 40,254.18 at 9.17 a.m. local time (8.17 p.m. ET Monday), while the broader Topix index added 0.96% to 2,861.63.<\/p>\n

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Nikkei 225<\/p>\n

Asia-Pacific markets start the higher<\/p>\n

Asia-Pacific markets opened higher Tuesday.<\/p>\n

As of 8.10 a.m. Singapore time (8.10 p.m. ET), Japan’s Nikkei 225<\/a> benchmark added 0.91% while the broader Topix index increased by 0.83%.<\/p>\n

In South Korea, the\u00a0Kospi<\/a>\u00a0index ticked up 0.1% while the small-cap Kosdaq advanced 0.7%.<\/p>\n

Over in Australia, the\u00a0S&P\/ASX 200<\/a> benchmark rose 0.54%.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Amala Balakrishner<\/p>\n

Here are the opening calls for the day <\/p>\n

Good morning from Singapore.<\/p>\n

Investors will be keeping a close watch on Japan’s equity and bond markets, which will reopen after a national holiday following its election.<\/p>\n

The Japanese yen strengthened against the greenback<\/a> on Monday, after weakening in the weeks leading up to the election.<\/p>\n

Japan’s benchmark\u00a0Nikkei 225<\/a>\u00a0was set to open higher, with the futures contract in Chicago at 39,830 while its counterpart in Osaka last traded at 39,820, against the index’s last close of 39,819.11.<\/p>\n

Futures for Hong Kong’s\u00a0Hang Seng index<\/a>\u00a0stood at 25,049, pointing to a stronger open compared with the HSI’s Monday close of 24,994.14.<\/p>\n

Australia’s\u00a0S&P\/ASX 200<\/a>\u00a0was set to start the day lower with futures tied to the benchmark at 8,660, compared with its last close of 8,668.20.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Amala Balakrishner<\/p>\n

U.S. equity futures rise in early Asia hours’Small surprises could trigger sharp reactions,’ strategist says<\/p>\n

The stock market may be unusually calm, with the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX)<\/a> remaining notably muted all month in spite of ongoing risks around trade and inflation, one strategist said. However, that could change quickly in the coming weeks. <\/p>\n

“With next week bringing the FOMC meeting, GDP data, a key tariff deadline, and a wave of earnings \u2014 in a historically weak window for the markets \u2014 even small surprises could trigger sharp reactions,” wrote Mark Hackett, chief market strategist at Nationwide. “We’re in a window where calm can quickly turn to complacency.” <\/p>\n

“While a break in either direction is possible, current positioning suggests we’d bet on a rally before a drop,” Hackett wrote. <\/p>\n

\u2014 Sarah Min<\/p>\n

S&P 500, Nasdaq hit record closing highs<\/p>\n

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite finished Monday’s session with fresh closing records after both indexes scored new all-time intraday highs.<\/p>\n

The broad market S&P 500 gained 0.14% to close at 6,305.60, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq climbed 0.38% to end at 20,974.17. In contrast, the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 19.12 points, or 0.04%, to finish at 44,323.07.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Sean Conlon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Japan’s Nikkei 225 share average rises in early trade Japan’s\u00a0\u00a0rose in early trade Tuesday, as markets reopened after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[4989,12915,12922,1386,45,161,49,48,12917,12918,12913,12919,100,12921,12920,6549,12912,12916,2163,12914],"class_list":["post-14148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-markets","tag-asia-economy","tag-australian-dollar-us-dollar-fx-spot-rate","tag-breaking-news-asia","tag-breaking-news-markets","tag-business","tag-business-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-dxy-us-dollar-currency-index","tag-hang-seng-index","tag-ice-brent-crude-apr23","tag-kospi-index","tag-markets","tag-nikkei-225-index","tag-sp-asx-200","tag-shanghai","tag-shenzhen-component-index","tag-usd-jpy","tag-world-markets","tag-wti-crude-mar23"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}