{"id":75173,"date":"2025-03-21T17:54:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T06:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/?p=75173"},"modified":"2025-08-06T15:10:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T05:10:37","slug":"friday-21st-march-2025-asian-markets-mixed-as-hong-kong-leads-losses-u-s-stocks-struggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/friday-21st-march-2025-asian-markets-mixed-as-hong-kong-leads-losses-u-s-stocks-struggle\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday 21st March 2025: Asian Markets Mixed as Hong Kong Leads Losses; U.S. Stocks Struggle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3><br \/><br \/>Global Markets:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;Asian Stock Markets : Nikkei down 0.07%, Shanghai Composite down 1.09%, Hang Seng down 2.21% ASX up 0.17%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commodities : Gold at $3033.35 (0.60%), Silver at $33.5 (0.68%), Brent Oil at $72.35 (0.5%), WTI Oil at $68.31 (0.54%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rates : US 10-year yield at 4.250, UK 10-year yield at 4.6495, Germany 10-year yield at 2.7770<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>News &amp; Data:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>(GBP) Official Bank Rate 4.50%&nbsp; to 4.50% expected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Markets Update:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Asian markets traded mixed on Friday amid uncertainty about the U.S. economy, with Hong Kong stocks leading losses. The Hang Seng Index dropped 1.90%, weighed down by healthcare and consumer cyclical stocks, while China\u2019s CSI 300 fell 1.11%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Japan, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.36%, and the Topix climbed 0.7%, reaching its highest level since last July. South Korea\u2019s Kospi edged up 0.14%, but the Kosdaq slipped 0.38%. Meanwhile, Australia\u2019s S&amp;P\/ASX 200 rose 0.37%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Japan\u2019s annual inflation slowed to 3.7% in February from 4% in January, marking a slight easing from a two-year high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. stock futures hovered near the flatline after Wednesday\u2019s Federal Reserve-fueled rally lost momentum. Overnight, the S&amp;P 500 fell 0.22% to 5,662.89, while the Nasdaq Composite declined 0.33% to 17,691.63, pressured by losses in Apple and Alphabet. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 11.31 points (0.03%), closing at 41,953.32.<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Upcoming Events:&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>12:30 PM GMT &#8211; CAD Core Retail Sales m\/m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12:30 PM GMT &#8211; CAD Retail Sales m\/m<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Markets: News &amp; Data: Markets Update: Asian markets traded 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\/75173"}],"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=75173"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75186,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75173\/revisions\/75186"}],"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=75173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}