{"id":20741,"date":"2026-05-12T01:10:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T01:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/20741\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T01:10:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T01:10:48","slug":"stock-market-today-japans-nikkei-gains-as-kospi-leads-with-10-percent-surge-wall-street-futures-dip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/20741\/","title":{"rendered":"Stock market today: Japan’s Nikkei gains as KOSPI leads with 10 percent surge, Wall Street futures dip"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meanwhile, U.S. Treasury yields moved higher, with the benchmark 10-year yield rising 3.9 basis points to 4.121 percent, and the 30-year yield climbing 4.4 basis points to 4.7607 percent. Bond yields move inversely to prices.<\/p>\n

\u201cU.S. Treasuries have built positive momentum recently, regaining some hedging features. However, as a first reaction, yields spiked across the globe. Despite the oil shock, inflation and U.S. budget fears, we would expect safe-haven flows to dominate the narrative, capping risks of surging U.S. Treasury yields. Keep duration exposure through bonds with little or no credit risk, focusing on shorter-term debt for riskier segments,\u201d added the note.<\/p>\n

On Wall Street, S&P 500 futures fell 0.43 percent after rising 0.78 percent in the previous session, while Nasdaq futures dipped 0.53 percent after closing 1.29 percent higher.<\/p>\n

Read: Oil prices jump over 3 percent to $84.41 as supply concerns persist amid escalating Mideast tensions<\/a><\/p>\n

China\u2019s stock market rises as economic growth target declines<\/p>\n

China\u2019s stock market rose as the country set its economic growth target for 2026 at 4.5-5 percent, a slight slowdown from the 5 percent expansion recorded last year, leaving room for policies aimed at reducing industrial overcapacity and rebalancing the economy. Beijing also unveiled its 15th five-year plan, pledging greater investment in innovation and high-tech industries, along with a notable increase in household consumption.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s blue-chip CSI300 Index rose 0.82 percent, while the Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.54 percent.<\/p>\n

In currencies, the U.S. dollar resumed its advance after a pause in the previous session. The dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of major currencies, rose 0.33 percent to 99.09. The euro slipped 0.29 percent to $1.1599, while the Japanese yen gained 0.01 percent to 157.08 per dollar.<\/p>\n

In cryptocurrencies, bitcoin fell 0.44 percent to $72,435.16, while ether declined 0.091 percent to $2,122.83.<\/p>\n

Concerns over energy supply continued to push oil prices higher, with crude gaining around 16 percent since the start of the war. U.S. crude rose 3.94 percent to $77.60 per barrel on Thursday, while Brent climbed 3.5 percent to $84.25 per barrel.<\/p>\n

Spot gold also advanced, rising 0.78 percent to $5,175.47 per ounce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meanwhile, U.S. Treasury yields moved higher, with the benchmark 10-year yield rising 3.9 basis points to 4.121 percent,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[191,189,188,190],"class_list":{"0":"post-20741","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-economy","9":"tag-economy-of-japan","10":"tag-japans-economy","11":"tag-japanese-economy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}