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Equity Alert: Indices in Asia higher; KOSPI, TOPIX touch all-time high

 

MUMBAI--0823 IST--Indices in Asia were higher on Monday, with South Korea's KOSPI reaching an all-time high of 4424.26 points. Japan's Nikkei 225 traded higher for its first trading session in 2026, snapping the two-day losses it saw for the last trading sessions in 2025 and the TOPIX First Section index touched an all-time high as well. Investors in the region are analysing the consequences of the US' attack on Venezuela. 

 

The indices in the region traded on a stronger note after the US said it had attacked Venezuela and captured President Nicolas Maduro, a report from CNBC said. President Maduro along with his wife were flown to New York and charged with narco-terrorism conspiracy along with other crimes. Prices of Brent Crude fell more than 1%, the report said. The founding member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Venezuela, holds the biggest proven crude oil reserves in the world. The country holds 303 billion barrels, or around 17% of the total crude oil reserves around the world, according to US Energy Information Administration, CNBC said.   

 

Japan's Nikkei gained for its first trading session of the year along with the Topix that reached an all-time high of 3486 points. Gains in the country's indices were helped by stocks of defence companies, CNBC said. Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries traded over 6% and over 8% higher, respectively. Shares of South Korea's defence companies also gained, the report said. Shares of Hanwha Aerospace Co. and Poongsan Corp. were up over 4% and nearly 1%, respectively. 

 

Following were the levels of key Asian indices at 0820 IST: 

 

Level	Last	Change in %
CSI 300 Index	4695.57	1.42
S&P/ ASX 200 INDEX	8740.50	0.15
FTSE Singapore Straits Times	4682.96	0.58
TOPIX FIRST SECTION	3481.17	2.12
SSE Composite Index	4002.54	0.85
KOSPI	4419.29	2.54
Nikkei 225 Day	51759.10	2.82

 

(Akshat Saksena)

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Equity Alert: S&P 500, Dow Jones end higher Friday, snap 4-day losing streak

 

MUMBAI--0743 IST--The S&P 500 index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended higher on Friday, snapping a four-day losing streak, while the NASDAQ Composite fell for the fifth consecutive session. 

 

Chip stocks were the highest gainers, with the Philadelphia SE Semiconductor index gaining 4%, according to a report by Reuters. The S&P 500 Utilities and the S&P 500 Industrials gained over 1% and nearly 2%, respectively. Gains in construction and mining company Caterpillar and Boeing Co., up 4.5% and 4.9%, respectively, helped lift the Dow Jones Industrial index, the report said. Losses in shares of heavyweight companies Apple and Microsoft kept the gains in check for the S&P 500 index. 

 

The NASDAQ and S&P 500 indices were under pressure due to losses in consumer discretionary stocks such as Amazon, Reuters said. Shares of Tesla fell 2.6?ter the company reported lower annual sales for the year. The company ceded its position as the top electric vehicle maker to China's BYD, with the latter outselling the former for the first time. Tesla delivered sales of 1.64 million units in 2025, against 1.79 million units recorded in 2024, slightly lower than the 1.65 million sales estimated for 2025 by analysts polled by Visible Alpha, Reuters reported. 

 

The market is seeing a period in which investors are profiting from short-term market volatility by timing their exit and entry points through a "buy the dip, sell the rip," trading mentality, Joe Mazzola, head of trading & derivatives strategist at Charles Schwab, told Reuters. For the year ahead, markets are expected to focus on the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy as Chairman Jerome Powell's tenure comes to an end. Investors are pricing in further rate reductions due to recent economic data and as the next Federal Reserve chairman is expected to be more 'dovish' than Powell, according to a report by Reuters. Labour market data would be a key highlight in January, the report added. 

 

Following are the closing levels of US indices Friday:

 

Index	Level	Change in %
S&P 500	6858.47	0.19
NASDAQ Composite	23235.629	(-)0.03
Dow Jones Industrial Average	48382.39	0.66

 

(Akshat Saksena)

 

US$1 = INR 90.20

IST, or Indian Standard Time, is five-and-a-half hours ahead of GMT

 

Edited by Vandana Hingorani

 

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