{"id":74283,"date":"2025-01-27T18:21:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T07:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/?p=74283"},"modified":"2025-08-06T18:34:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T08:34:33","slug":"monday-27th-january-2025-asian-markets-mixed-as-investors-assess-chinas-economic-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/monday-27th-january-2025-asian-markets-mixed-as-investors-assess-chinas-economic-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday 27th January 2025: Asian Markets Mixed as Investors Assess China\u2019s Economic Data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3><br \/><br \/>Global Markets:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;Asian Stock Markets : Nikkei down 1.01%, Shanghai Composite up 0.12%, Hang Seng up 0.84% ASX up 0.36%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commodities : Gold at $2786.35 (-0.76%), Silver at $30.65 (-1.48%), Brent Oil at $76.39 (-0.89%), WTI Oil at $74.04 (-0.83%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rates : US 10-year yield at 4.586, UK 10-year yield at 4.6305, Germany 10-year yield at 2.5445<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>News &amp; Data:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>(USD) Flash Manufacturing PMI&nbsp; 50.1 vs 49.8 expected<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(USD) Flash Services PMI&nbsp; 52.8 vs 56.4 expected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Markets Update:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Asian markets showed mixed movements on Monday as investors reacted to China\u2019s manufacturing and industrial profit data. Japan\u2019s Nikkei 225 slipped 0.14%, while the Topix gained 0.68%. Chip-related stocks in Japan saw significant declines, with Advantest plunging 8.2%, Tokyo Electron losing 4.53%, and Renesas Electronics edging down 0.19%. The drop came amid concerns over Chinese AI startup DeepSeek\u2019s open-source large-language model, seen as a potential challenge to U.S. dominance in AI technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index rose 0.89% at the open, while mainland China\u2019s CSI 300 added 0.28%. However, China\u2019s manufacturing sector faced a setback, with the January Purchasing Managers\u2019 Index unexpectedly contracting to 49.1, below the forecasted 50.1. Despite this, December\u2019s industrial profits in China jumped 11% year-over-year, offering some optimism amid broader economic challenges. Markets in Australia, Taiwan, and South Korea were closed for holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To support its ailing stock market, China\u2019s Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) announced measures to promote index investment products, including equity and bond ETFs. These initiatives, unveiled on Sunday, build on earlier efforts urging state-owned mutual funds and insurers to increase their equity holdings. Hong Kong, meanwhile, is set to release December trade data, which could further impact regional market sentiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the U.S., markets ended a strong week on a softer note. The S&amp;P 500 fell 0.3% to 6,101.24, the Nasdaq Composite lost 0.5% to 19,954.30, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 140.82 points to 44,424.25. Investor enthusiasm surrounding Donald Trump\u2019s return to the White House drove risk assets higher, with all three major indexes posting their second straight weekly gains, signaling renewed bullish momentum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Upcoming Events:&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>03:00 PM GMT &#8211; USD New Home Sales<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Markets: News &amp; Data: Markets Update: Asian markets showed mixed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":77277,"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\/74283"}],"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=74283"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74288,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74283\/revisions\/74288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}