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Asia-Pacific markets principally fell Tuesday as traders await the end result of the talks between U.S. President Donald Trump, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders on the White Home.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 benchmark ticked up 0.1%, after closing at a report excessive in its earlier session, whereas the broader Topix index was flat.
In South Korea, the Kospi index fell 0.2% in early commerce, whereas the small-cap Kosdaq declined by 0.33%.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 dropped 0.61% on the open.
Futures for Hong Kong’s Hold Seng index stood at 25,230, pointing to a stronger open in contrast with the HSI’s final shut of 25,176.85.
Traders are additionally waiting for the U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s annual speech on the central financial institution’s summit in Jackson Gap, Wyoming, that is scheduled Friday.
U.S. fairness futures have been little modified in early Asia hours, at the beginning of every week full of retail earnings and speeches from Fed officers.
In a single day stateside, all three key benchmarks ended the day close to the flatline.
The Dow Jones Industrial Common dropped 34.30 factors, or 0.08%, to shut at 44,911.82. The S&P 500 closed down 0.01% and ended at 6,449.15, whereas the Nasdaq Composite inched up 0.03% to settle at 21,629.77.
Shares of two of the so-called magnificent seven shares Meta Platforms and Microsoft dropped about 2.3% and 0.6%, weighing on the broader market.
— CNBC’s Yun Li, Pia Singh and Alex Harring contributed to this report.
