U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after disembarking from Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews on December 17, 2025.
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Asia-Pacific markets fell on Thursday as Wall Street investors moved away from tech and markets focused on US President Donald Trump’s speech.
The lecture is scheduled to take place on Thursday at 10am Singapore time (9pm Wednesday ET). President Trump is expected to discuss his accomplishments in his first 11 months in office and advocate for his administration’s action on Venezuela.
On Wednesday, President Trump designated the Venezuelan government a “terrorist” regime and ordered the blockade of sanctioned oil tankers.
White House press secretary Caroline Levitt told reporters Tuesday that Trump will also discuss plans to “continue to serve the American people over the next three years.”
brent futures It rose 2.95% to trade at $60.66 per barrel. West Texas Intermediate Futures 1.88% for $56.99.
In Asia, the Bank of Japan begins a two-day meeting and is expected to raise interest rates to 0.75% on Friday.
Japanese Nikkei Stock Average The index fell by 1.53%, leading the decline in Asia, while the TOPIX fell by 0.57%.
Korean Kospi fell 1.36%, and the small-cap Kosdaq fell 1.13%.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.3%.
Australian energy giant stock price woodside energy Shares fell 1.84% after the company announced that CEO and managing director Meg O’Neill has stepped down to take on the role of CEO of the British oil and gas giant. blood pressure.
hong kong hansen index Futures were at 25,304, below HSI’s last closing price of 25,468.78.
All three major U.S. indexes fell overnight, with the S&P 500 down 1.16% and the Nasdaq Composite Index the biggest drop of 1.81%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.47%.
Artificial intelligence stocks dragged down the index after the Financial Times reported: oracle’s Leading investor Blue Owl Capital has withdrawn from funding one of its data center projects. AI stock’s stock price fell 5.4%.
Other stocks tied to AI trading, including chipmakers, also fell. broadcomAI darling Nvidiaand advanced micro device.
—CNBC’s Pia Singh, Sean Conlon and Liz Napolitano contributed to this report.
