{"id":85500,"date":"2026-04-27T17:05:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T07:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/?p=85500"},"modified":"2026-04-27T17:05:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T07:05:05","slug":"monday-27th-april-2026-asia-pacific-markets-rise-despite-u-s-iran-tensions-as-oil-prices-climb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/monday-27th-april-2026-asia-pacific-markets-rise-despite-u-s-iran-tensions-as-oil-prices-climb\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday 27th April 2026: Asia-Pacific Markets Rise Despite U.S.\u2013Iran Tensions as Oil Prices Climb"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3><br \/>Global Markets:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;Asian Stock Markets : Nikkei up 1.74%, Shanghai Composite up 0.15% Hang Seng up 0.18% ASX down 0.19%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commodities : Gold at $4,740.21 (-0.04%) Silver at $76.430 (0.02%), Brent Oil at $100.41 (1.27%), WTI Oil at $95.36 (1.03%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rates : US 10-year yield at 4.318, UK 10-year yield at 4.9320, Germany 10-year yield at 3.0068<\/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%&nbsp; to 0.8%&nbsp; expected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Markets Update:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Asia-Pacific markets mostly advanced on Monday as investors looked beyond renewed diplomatic friction between the United States and Iran, even though rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East continued to support higher oil prices.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Japan\u2019s Nikkei 225 climbed 1.4% to reach a record high, while South Korea\u2019s Kospi surged 1.83%, also touching a fresh peak. In contrast, Australia\u2019s S&amp;P\/ASX 200 slipped 0.54%. Hong Kong\u2019s Hang Seng index edged down 0.17%, whereas mainland China\u2019s CSI 300 gained 0.25% after China reported a strong 15.8% year-on-year rise in March industrial profits, accelerating from the 15.2% growth recorded in the first two months of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Market sentiment remained relatively resilient despite U.S. President Donald Trump canceling plans to send envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Islamabad for talks with Iran, citing internal confusion within Iran\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oil prices jumped roughly 2% after another attempt at peace negotiations between Washington and Tehran stalled. Brent crude rose above $107 per barrel, while U.S. crude climbed near $96.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tensions also stayed elevated around the Strait of Hormuz following reports that Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard boarded two cargo vessels near the strategic shipping route. Meanwhile, U.S. stock futures edged lower, even as the S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq closed at record highs last Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Upcoming Events:<br \/><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>12:30 PM GMT &#8211; USD Core Retail Sales m\/m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>11:01 PM GMT &#8211; GBP BRC Shop Price Index y\/y<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Markets: News &amp; Data: Markets Update: Asia-Pacific markets mostly advanced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":84958,"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\/85500"}],"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=85500"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85501,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85500\/revisions\/85501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}