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Equity Alert: Asian indices largely higher; Nikkei hits fresh highs

 

MUMBAI--0822 IST--Equity indices in Asia were largely higher on Wednesday. The only indices in the region that were down were the S&P/ASX 200 Index, the FTSE Singapore Straits Times index, and South Korea's Kospi. The Kospi fell after reaching a fresh high during the session. The Nikkei 225 Day index continues to gain, hitting a fresh high as well, as Japan faces a weaker yen amid reports of snap elections in the country. 

 

The Nikkei index and the Topix index hit fresh new highs as the yen declined past the 159 per dollar mark, its weakest since July 2024, prompting an intervention from Japanese authorities, according to a CNBC report. The country is also expected to witness snap elections in February and it would be the first time Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi would face Japanese voters in an election. 

 

The KOSPI hit fresh highs during the session before trading lower than the previous close. Shares of Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix started the session lower but eventually gained during the early part of the session, according to a report by The Chosun Daily. Shares of Samsung were still trading higher, up over 1%, but those of SK Hynix could not maintain momentum and were trading nearly 1% lower. Shares of shipbuilding and defence-related stocks which were performing well recently have started to underperform, The Chosun Daily said. Shares of Hanwha Ocean Co. declined nearly 6% during the session along with those of Hanwha Aerospace Co. and Hyundai Rotem Co, which were down over 2% and nearly 4%, respectively.

 

Following are the levels of key Asian indices at 0818 IST:

 

INDEX	LEVEL	CHANGE IN %
CSI 300 Index	4806.93	0.96
Hang Seng Index	26983.85	0.50
KOSPI	4683.39	(-)0.20
Nikkei 225 Day	54419.01	1.62
TOPIX FIRST SECTION	3630.29	0.87
FTSE Singapore Straits Times	4798.4	(-)0.18
S&P/ASX 200 Index	8796.60	(-)0.14

 

(Akshat Saksena)

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Equity Alert: US indices end lower; S&P 500, Dow Jones snap 3-day winning run

 

MUMBAI--0739 IST--Benchmark equity Indices in the US ended lower on Tuesday. The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average indices fell after ending higher for three consecutive sessions and the NASDAQ Composite index fell after rising for two sessions. Investors analysed the earnings of JPMorgan Chase & Co., as well as US CPI inflation data. 

 

Shares of JPMorgan Chase fell around 4% though the company's quarterly results beat estimates for its top line and bottom line, CNBC reported. Its investment banking fees fell during the quarter, missing estimates. Chief Financial Officer Jeremy Barnum said JPMorgan Chase expects US President Donald Trump's proposed cap on credit card interest rates to have a negative impact on the country's consumers and its economy, according to a report by Reuters. This led to fall in other financial stocks, with shares of Visa and Mastercard falling. Both stocks fell around 4?ch, and shares of Goldman Sachs Group fell over 1% as well. Trump's call for a cap on credit card interest rates had come with a number of other demands, such as defence companies should not be allowed to issue dividends or stock buybacks, and that large institutional investors should be banned from buying more single-family homes, according to CNBC.  

 

US CPI rose 0.3% in December, led by a 0.4% increase in the cost of shelter, Reuters said in a report. The distortions caused by the government shutdown, which had artificially lowered interest rates in November, unwound and cemented expectations that the US Federal Reserve would not change interest rates this month.

 

Shares of Delta Air Lines fell over 2% as the midpoint of its 2026 profit expectations fell short of analysts' estimates, Reuters said.

 

Meanwhile, Trump cancelled all his meetings with Iranian officials and promised protestors that "help was on its way", as widespread protests continue in the West Asian country, leading to a crackdown by the authorities. The US president had also recently announced that any country in business with Iran would be subject to a 25% tariff on any and all business done with the US.

 

Trump also called US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell either "incompetent" or "crooked", CNBC reported. "He's billions of dollars over budget," Trump said in reference to the renovation project of the central bank's headquarters in Washington. This was after Powell said he was under criminal investigation, and concerns over the independence of the US central bank continue to grow.

 

Following are the closing levels of US indices Tuesday:  

 

Index	Level	Change in %
S&P 500	6963.74	(-)0.19
NASDAQ Composite	23709.87	(-)0.1
Dow Jones Industrial Average	49191.99	(-)0.8

 

(Akshat Saksena)

 

US$1 = INR 90.19

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

 

Edited by Avishek Dutta

 

All prices from National Stock Exchange, unless otherwise specified.

All percentage changes for share prices are rounded off to the nearest whole number; percentage changes for index values are rounded off to one decimal place.

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