Indonesia’s central bank is set to release its policy decision later in the day.<\/p>\n
Asia markets kick starts Wednesday trading lower<\/p>\n
Asia markets started the trading day lower.<\/p>\n
Japan’s benchmark\u00a0Nikkei 225<\/a> was flat at the open, while the Topix slipped 0.11% as of 8.04 a.m. local time (8.04 p.m. ET Tuesday).<\/p>\n South Korea’s Kospi lost 0.5% and the small-cap Kosdaq was 0.56% lower.<\/p>\n Australia’s\u00a0S&P\/ASX 200<\/a> declined 0.82%.<\/p>\n \u2014 Lee Ying Shan<\/p>\n Opening calls from Singapore<\/p>\n Good morning from Singapore and happy mid-week. Asia markets are poised to open mixed. Japan’s benchmark\u00a0Nikkei 225<\/a>\u00a0was set to open marginally lower, with the futures contract in Chicago at 39,660 while its counterpart in Osaka last traded at 39,600, against the index’s last close at 39,678.02.<\/p>\n Australia’s\u00a0S&P\/ASX 200<\/a>\u00a0was also set to start the day lower with futures tied to the benchmark at 8,545, compared with its last close of 8,630.3.<\/p>\n Futures for Hong Kong’s\u00a0Hang Seng index<\/a>, however,\u00a0stood at 24,622, pointing to a stronger open compared to the HSI’s last close of 24,590.12.<\/p>\n Investors will be keeping an eye on Indonesian stocks after U.S. President\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0on Tuesday said that he has reached a preliminary trade deal with Indonesia, which will impose a 19% tariff on the Southeast Asian country’s U.S. exports.<\/p>\n \u2014 Lee Ying Shan<\/p>\n Stock futures are little changed <\/p>\n Stock futures were little changed on Tuesday evening, with investors awaiting fresh corporate earnings and inflation data. <\/p>\n Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average pulled back 47 points, or 0.1%, while S&P 500 futures dipped 0.1%. Nasdaq 100 futures slipped 0.1%. <\/p>\n \u2014 Brian Evans<\/p>\n Trump-backed digital asset bills fall short in Congress, crypto-linked stocks slide<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t \t\t\tChesnot | Getty Images<\/p>\n Several crypto-related legislative measures failed to beat a key procedural hurdle<\/a> in the House of Representatives on Tuesday.<\/p>\n The vote came in at 196 to 223, with 13 Republican lawmakers siding with Democrats to block the procedural motion.<\/p>\n The vote comes after President Donald Trump encouraged Republican lawmakers to vote in favor of the measure. “The House will soon VOTE on a tremendous Bill to Make America the UNDISPUTED, NUMBER ONE LEADER in Digital Assets \u2013 Nobody does it better!” he wrote on Truth Social earlier Tuesday.<\/p>\n Crypto-linked stocks traded lower, with Circle Internet Group dropping 4% and Coinbase Global losing 1%. Bitcoin also slipped below the $117,000 threshold, dropping more than 2% on the day.<\/p>\n -Erin Doherty, Darla Mercado<\/p>\n S&P 500, Dow end Tuesday in the red<\/p>\n The S&P 500<\/a> dropped 0.4% on Tuesday to close at 6,243.76. The\u00a0Dow Jones Industrial Average<\/a>\u00a0lost 436.36 points, or 0.98%, ending at 44,023.29.<\/p>\n![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/108061627-1731430484934-gettyimages-2184362864-f0000061_qjdax1rd.jpeg\")
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