{"id":75219,"date":"2025-03-25T17:54:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T06:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/?p=75219"},"modified":"2025-08-06T15:06:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T05:06:35","slug":"tuesday-25th-march-2025-global-markets-react-to-u-s-tariff-concerns-with-mixed-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/tuesday-25th-march-2025-global-markets-react-to-u-s-tariff-concerns-with-mixed-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday 25th March 2025: Global Markets React to U.S. Tariff Concerns with Mixed Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3><br \/><br \/>Global Markets:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;Asian Stock Markets : Nikkei up 0.55%, Shanghai Composite up 0.16%, Hang Seng down 1.82% ASX up 0.07%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commodities : Gold at $3051.35 (0.60%), Silver at $33.7 (0.68%), Brent Oil at $72.35 (0.5%), WTI Oil at $69.1 (0.54%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rates : US 10-year yield at 4.332, UK 10-year yield at 4.7175, Germany 10-year yield at 2.7700<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>News &amp; Data:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>(USD) Flash Manufacturing PMI 49.8&nbsp; to 50.1 expected<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(USD) Flash Service PMI 54.3&nbsp; to 51.2 expected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Markets Update:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed on Tuesday as investors reacted to U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s tariff threats. Hong Kong\u2019s Hang Seng Index dropped 2.17%, while the Hang Seng Tech Index plunged 3.53%. In mainland China, the CSI 300 trimmed losses to 0.19%. South Korea\u2019s Kospi slipped 0.37%, and the small-cap Kosdaq declined 0.62%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Australia\u2019s S&amp;P\/ASX 200 edged up 0.14% ahead of the national budget announcement by Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Japan\u2019s Nikkei 225 gained 0.46%, though the broader Topix index remained flat. India\u2019s Nifty 50 opened 0.42% higher, while the BSE Sensex advanced 0.35%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. futures dipped slightly after Wall Street logged strong gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 597.97 points (1.42%) to 42,583.32. The S&amp;P 500 added 1.76% to close at 5,767.57, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite climbed 2.27% to 18,188.59.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tesla shares jumped nearly 12% after nine consecutive weeks of losses, extending their Friday gains. Other tech giants, including Meta Platforms and Nvidia, saw gains of over 3%. Investors continue to monitor global markets as concerns over U.S. trade policies weigh on sentiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Upcoming Events:&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>02:00 PM GMT &#8211; USD CB Consumer Confidence<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>02:00 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 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\/75219"}],"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=75219"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75224,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75219\/revisions\/75224"}],"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=75219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}