{"id":525799,"date":"2026-03-10T02:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T02:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/525799\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T02:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T02:05:09","slug":"nikkei-225-kospi-hang-seng-index-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/525799\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikkei 225, Kospi, Hang Seng Index"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A currency dealer monitors exchange rates in front of a big screen showing South Korea&#8217;s benchmark stock index (C) and the Korean won\/USD exchange rate (R) in a foreign exchange dealing room at the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul on April 9, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>South Korea&#8217;s Kospi opened more than 5% higher Tuesday, leading a rebound in the region, after oil prices fell and Wall Street bounced back as U.S. President Donald Trump signaled the conflict with Iran could be nearing its end.<\/p>\n<p>Oil prices fell over 10% after Trump said he was considering seizing control of the Strait of Hormuz, the most important chokepoint in world for the crude market. Trump\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/03\/09\/trump-iran-war-end.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">also told a CBS News reporter<\/a>, who shared the comments in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/weijia\/status\/2031086856679412042?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">post on X<\/a>, that &#8220;the war is very complete, pretty much.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>International Brent crude was down 10% at $8.90 per barrel at 9.10 p.m. ET Monday. U.S. crude oil fell more than 9% to $86.05 per barrel. The declines came after oil surged past $100 on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Stock Chart IconStock chart icon<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static-redesign.cnbcfm.com\/dist\/a54b41835a8b60db28c2.svg\" class=\"Collapsible-dismissButton\" alt=\"hide content\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The declines came after oil <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/03\/08\/crude-oil-prices-today-iran-war.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">surged past $100<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With 20% of world oil supply stopped, we have the largest interruption ever,&#8221; said Bob McNally, president of Rapidan Energy Group, in reference to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest disruption before the current war was during the Suez Crisis of 1956 when Britain, France and Israel invaded Egypt&#8217;s Sinai Peninsula, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/03\/09\/the-us-iran-war-is-the-biggest-oil-supply-disruption-in-history.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">energy consulting firm told clients in a Sunday note<\/a>. At that time, roughly 10% of global oil supply was disrupted.<\/p>\n<p>Other Asia stock indexes also gained. The small-cap Kosdaq added over 4%.<\/p>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/.AXJO\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">S&amp;P\/ASX 200<\/a> rose 1.35% in early trade.<\/p>\n<p>Japan&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/.N225\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nikkei 225<\/a> jumped 1.66%, while the Topix gained 1.3%.<\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/.HSI\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hang Seng index<\/a> is up 1.56%, while the CSI 300 rose 0.9%.<\/p>\n<p>Travel-related stocks also rebounded. Hong Kong listed shares of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/753-HK\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air China<\/a> rose nearly 3%, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/670-HK\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">China Eastern Airlines<\/a> added 2.9%. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/1055-HK\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">China Southern Airlines<\/a> gained 2.85%. Singapore&#8217;s flagship airline, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/SINGY\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Singapore Airlines<\/a>, rose 1.54%.<\/p>\n<p>Overnight in U.S. stocks advanced. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/.SPX\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">S&amp;P 500<\/a> rose 0.83% to close at 6,795.99, while the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/.DJI\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dow Jones Industrial Average<\/a>\u00a0added 239.25 points, or 0.5%, and ended at 47,740.80. The blue-chip index is coming off its biggest weekly slide in nearly a year. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/.IXIC\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nasdaq Composite<\/a>\u00a0jumped 1.38% and settled at 22,695.95. <\/p>\n<p>Those moves mark an impressive turnaround from the losses seen earlier in the day. The Dow was down nearly 900 points at its session low, and the S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq had dropped as much as 1.5% each.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A currency dealer monitors exchange rates in front of a big screen showing South Korea&#8217;s benchmark stock index&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":525800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[203610,202223,206847,4989,2840,86719,45,161,49,48,6508,6681,206848,206849,87285,206846,1377,1376,196882,6510,189145,7155,12918,70545,195739,5897,2454,195736,87282,12921,93365,9691,202226,12920,78865,24345,18262,101950,15808,772,197951,195735,70544],"class_list":{"0":"post-525799","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-lco26k","9":"tag-lco26q","10":"tag-air-china-ltd","11":"tag-asia-economy","12":"tag-australia","13":"tag-bp-plc","14":"tag-business","15":"tag-business-news","16":"tag-ca","17":"tag-canada","18":"tag-chevron-corp","19":"tag-chicago","20":"tag-china-eastern-airlines-corp-ltd","21":"tag-china-southern-airlines-co-ltd","22":"tag-conocophillips","23":"tag-direxion-nasdaq-100-equal-weighted-index-shares","24":"tag-donald-j-trump","25":"tag-donald-trump","26":"tag-eog-resources-inc","27":"tag-exxon-mobil-corp","28":"tag-fidelity-nasdaq-composite-index-track","29":"tag-halliburton-co","30":"tag-hang-seng-index","31":"tag-ice-brent-crude-oct25","32":"tag-invesco-db-oil-fund","33":"tag-iran","34":"tag-japan","35":"tag-lp","36":"tag-marathon-petroleum-corp","37":"tag-nikkei-225-index","38":"tag-occidental-petroleum-equity-warrants-exp-3rd-august-2027","39":"tag-osaka","40":"tag-proshares-ultra-bloomberg-crude-oil","41":"tag-sp-asx-200","42":"tag-shell-plc","43":"tag-singapore-airlines-ltd","44":"tag-south-korea","45":"tag-totalenergies-se","46":"tag-united-arab-emirates","47":"tag-united-states","48":"tag-united-states-brent-oil-fund","49":"tag-united-states-oil-fund","50":"tag-wti-crude-sep25"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525799","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=525799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/525800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}