{"id":68722,"date":"2024-03-25T18:44:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T07:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/?p=68722"},"modified":"2025-11-10T22:03:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T11:03:26","slug":"monday-25th-march-2024-asian-markets-navigate-mixed-trends-amid-inflation-data-scrutiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/monday-25th-march-2024-asian-markets-navigate-mixed-trends-amid-inflation-data-scrutiny\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday 25th March 2024: Asian Markets Navigate Mixed Trends Amid Inflation Data Scrutiny"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3><br \/><br \/>Global Markets:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;Asian Stock Markets : Nikkei down 1.10%, Shanghai Composite down 0.71%, Hang Seng down 0.15% ASX up 0.53%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commodities : Gold at $2172.5 (0.46%), Silver at $24.87 (0.13%), Brent Oil at $85.23 (0.52%), WTI Oil at $81.05 (0.64%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rates : US 10-year yield at 4.21, UK 10-year yield at 3.9664, Germany 10-year yield at 2.322<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>News &amp; Data:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>(CAD) Core Retail Sales m\/m 0.5% vs &#8211; 0.4% expected<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(CAD) Retail Sales m\/m -0.3% vs -0.4% expected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Markets Update:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Asia-Pacific markets showed a mixed trend on Monday, driven by investors keeping a close eye on inflation data across the region. Singapore and Malaysia reported higher-than-anticipated inflation figures, adding to market scrutiny. Eyes are now on Australia&#8217;s upcoming February consumer price index release on Wednesday, along with Tokyo&#8217;s inflation data on Friday, often seen as a precursor to nationwide trends in Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Market specifics saw Hong Kong&#8217;s Hang Seng index slipping by 0.14%, while mainland China&#8217;s CSI 300 index remained relatively stable. Japan&#8217;s Nikkei 225 closed 1.16% lower, retracting from its recent all-time high, and the broader Topix index finished down 1.26%. South Korea&#8217;s Kospi index experienced a 0.4% decline, while Australia&#8217;s S&amp;P\/ASX 200 index rose by 0.53%, recovering from previous losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the United States on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average retreated by over 300 points, or 0.77%, following two consecutive sessions of record-setting highs. The S&amp;P 500 index also saw a decrease of 0.14%. Conversely, the Nasdaq Composite continued its upward trajectory, adding 0.16% to finish at 16,428.82, marking another record high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Upcoming Events:&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>2:00 PM GMT &#8211; USD New Home Sales<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Markets: News &amp; Data: Markets Update: Asia-Pacific markets showed a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":79815,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[196,215,339],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68722"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68722"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68744,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68722\/revisions\/68744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}