The electronic market board displays the Nikkei 225 stock price on the Tokyo Stock Exchange as of November 5, 2025.
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Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed on Monday as investors assessed rising Sino-Japanese tensions after the Chinese government warned its citizens against plans to travel or study in Japan.
The Japanese benchmark fell 0.63% and the TOPIX fell 0.44% due to the slump in tourism-related stocks.
Beauty/cosmetics company ShiseidoThe company, which relies heavily on Chinese spending, plunged 11%. Mitsukoshi Isetan HoldingsThe company, the parent company of department store chains Mitsukoshi and Isetan, fell more than 10%. oriental landThe company, which operates Tokyo Disney Resort, fell 4.74%. airline stocks ANA Holdings It fell by 3.48%.
Japan’s economy also contracted by 0.4% year-on-year in the quarter ending September, smaller than expected.
South Korea’s Kospi rose 1.78%, while the small-cap Kosdaq rose 0.68%.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index fell 0.51%, while the mainland’s CSI300 index was flat.
Australia’s benchmark S&P/ASX 200 was down 0.26%.
Traders were also keeping an eye on Thailand’s third-quarter GDP and Singapore’s trade balance later in the day.
Last Friday, investors bought up shares in major technology stocks in the U.S., a day after the Nasdaq Composite Index rebounded and led Wall Street to its worst day in more than a month.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq rose 0.13% to end at 22,900.59, ending a three-day losing streak. The S&P 500 ended almost flat at 6,734.11, down just 0.05%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 309.74 points, or 0.65%, to settle at 47,147.48.
The three indexes rebounded sharply from the day’s lows, when the Nasdaq and S&P 500 fell 1.9% and about 1.4%, respectively. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell about 600 points (about 1.3%).
