{"id":355566,"date":"2025-08-19T01:24:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T01:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/355566\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T01:24:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T01:24:15","slug":"asia-markets-mostly-fall-as-investors-await-fed-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/355566\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia markets mostly fall as investors await Fed summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ulsan city skyline from the Hamwolru Pavilion. People can enjoy beautiful cityscape for free. Ulsan, South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Insung Jeon | Moment | Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Asia-Pacific markets on Tuesday mostly tracked Wall Street declines overnight ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Investors also assessed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">talks between U.S. President\u00a0Donald Trump<\/a>, Ukraine&#8217;s President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/volodymyr-zelenskyy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/a> and European leaders at the White House, aimed at stopping the Moscow-Kyiv conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Japan&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/.N225\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nikkei 225<\/a>\u00a0benchmark ticked up 0.1%, after closing at a record high in its previous session, while the broader Topix index was flat.<\/p>\n<p>In South Korea, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/.KS11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kospi<\/a>\u00a0index fell 0.2% in early trade, while the small-cap Kosdaq declined by 0.33%.<\/p>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/.AXJO\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">S&amp;P\/ASX 200<\/a>\u00a0dropped 0.61% at the open.<\/p>\n<p>Futures for Hong Kong&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/.HSI\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hang Seng index<\/a>\u00a0stood at 25,230, pointing to a stronger open compared with the HSI&#8217;s last close of 25,176.85.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/08\/18\/stock-market-today-live-updates.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. equity futures<\/a> were little changed in early Asia hours, at the start of a week filled with retail earnings and speeches from Fed officials.<\/p>\n<p>Overnight stateside, all three key benchmarks ended the day near the flatline.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/.DJI\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dow Jones Industrial Average<\/a>\u00a0dropped 34.30 points, or 0.08%, to close at 44,911.82. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/.SPX\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">S&amp;P 500<\/a>\u00a0closed down 0.01% and ended at 6,449.15, while the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/.IXIC\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nasdaq Composite<\/a>\u00a0inched up 0.03% to settle at 21,629.77.<\/p>\n<p>Shares of two of the so-called magnificent seven stocks\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/META\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meta Platforms<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/MSFT\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft<\/a>\u00a0dropped about 2.3% and 0.6%, weighing on the broader market.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CNBC&#8217;s Yun Li, Pia Singh and Alex Harring contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ulsan city skyline from the Hamwolru Pavilion. People can enjoy beautiful cityscape for free. Ulsan, South Korea. 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