{"id":390707,"date":"2026-04-14T01:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T01:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/390707\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T01:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T01:12:09","slug":"asia-markets-rise-amid-hopes-of-a-u-s-iran-deal-china-data-in-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/390707\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia markets rise amid hopes of a U.S-Iran deal, China data in focus"},"content":{"rendered":"

A cargo ship is loading and unloading foreign trade containers at Qingdao Port in Qingdao City, Shandong Province, China on July 28, 2025. <\/p>\n

CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images<\/p>\n

Asia-Pacific markets opened higher Tuesday, amid hopes that a deal between Washington and Tehran was still possible even as the U.S. blockades Iranian shipments in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

A fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire, while not officially scrapped, has been deeply frayed, with the U.S. and Iran accusing each other of violating the conditions of the truce.<\/p>\n

The U.S. on Monday said it began\u00a0blocking ships<\/a>\u00a0from entering or exiting Iranian ports in the\u00a0Strait of Hormuz<\/a>, as it seeks to raise pressure on\u00a0Iran<\/a>\u00a0to reopen the key\u00a0oil<\/a>\u00a0route, following the collapse of\u00a0peace talks<\/a>. The blockade took effect at 10 a.m. ET.<\/p>\n

Iranian officials responded by warning that the U.S. blockade will only drive global energy prices higher.<\/p>\n

“Enjoy the current pump figures. With the so-called ‘blockade’, Soon you’ll be nostalgic for $4\u2013$5 gas,” Iran’s parliamentary speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said in an X post Sunday.<\/p>\n

Investors in Asia will also be watching out for China trade data later in the day.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0West Texas Intermediate<\/a> was 2.37% lower at $96.73 per barrel as of 8:00 p.m. ET. Brent crude<\/a>\u00a0declined 1.82% to $97.51 per barrel. <\/p>\n

Japan’s Nikkei 225<\/a> rose 1.5%, while the Topix gained 0.74%. Australia’s S&P\/ASX 200 was 0.88% higher. <\/p>\n

Hong Kong Hang Seng index<\/a> futures last traded at 25,924, compared with the index’s last close of 25,660.85.<\/p>\n

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