{"id":86370,"date":"2026-05-18T17:56:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/?p=86370"},"modified":"2026-05-18T17:56:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:56:50","slug":"monday-18th-may-2026-asia-markets-fall-as-trumps-iran-warning-sparks-oil-supply-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/monday-18th-may-2026-asia-markets-fall-as-trumps-iran-warning-sparks-oil-supply-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday 18th May 2026: Asia Markets Fall as Trump\u2019s Iran Warning Sparks Oil Supply Fears"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3><br \/>Global Markets:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;Asian Stock Markets : Nikkei down 0.77%, Shanghai Composite down 0.22% Hang Seng down 1.39% ASX down 1.38%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commodities : Gold at $4,540.37 (-0.49%) Silver at $75.603 (-2.50%), Brent Oil at $111.31 (1.89%), WTI Oil at $103.29 (2.25%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rates : US 10-year yield at 4.628, UK 10-year yield at 5.1830, Germany 10-year yield at 3.1535<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>News &amp; Data:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>(CAD) Manufacturing Sales m\/m&nbsp; 3.0%&nbsp; to 3.5% &nbsp; expected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Markets Update:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Asia-Pacific markets declined Monday after renewed geopolitical tensions in the Middle East rattled investors. U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iran to \u201cget moving, FAST,\u201d fueling concerns about a deeper conflict and possible disruptions to global oil supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a Truth Social post, Trump said \u201cthe Clock is Ticking\u201d for Iran and warned there \u201cwon\u2019t be anything left\u201d if swift action was not taken. He did not clarify what measures he expected from Tehran or what consequences might follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oil prices jumped more than 1% amid fears of supply disruptions. Brent crude futures rose 1.9% to $111.34 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude climbed 2.17% to $107.71.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regional markets reacted negatively. Australia\u2019s S&amp;P\/ASX 200 dropped 1.32%, Japan\u2019s Nikkei 225 lost 0.92%, and the Topix fell 0.77%. Hong Kong\u2019s Hang Seng slipped 1.49%, while Taiwan\u2019s Taiex declined 1.02%. South Korea\u2019s Kospi gained 1.15%, though the Kosdaq fell 1.65%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investors also monitored rising bond yields and inflation concerns. Japan\u2019s 10-year government bond yield jumped above 2.79%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, U.S. stock futures were mostly flat after Wall Street ended lower Friday, pressured by rising Treasury yields and weakness in technology shares, including Nvidia, Intel, AMD, and Micron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Upcoming Events:<br \/><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>08:00 AM GMT &#8211; EUR Italian Trade Balance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Markets: News &amp; Data: Markets Update: Asia-Pacific markets declined Monday [&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\/86370"}],"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=86370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86371,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86370\/revisions\/86371"}],"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=86370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}