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Asian defense stocks ended a second day of gains amid mixed trading in the region as investors continued to assess geopolitical risks following the U.S. attack on Venezuela and fresh comments on Greenland.
In Japan, Kawasaki Heavy Industries It fell by 2.11%. South Korea’s Korean Air fell 1.62%, and Pungsan fell 4.5%. Hanwha Aerospace fell 1.76%.
White House press secretary Caroline Levitt said Tuesday that President Donald Trump and his team are considering “a wide range of options” to acquire Greenland, including “the use of the U.S. military.”
The statement further escalates the Trump administration’s already aggressive rhetoric toward Greenland, which the president has long sought to make part of the United States.
Elsewhere, Australia’s benchmark ASX/S&P200 index rose 0.15% to close at 8,695.6 after domestic inflation data came in weaker than expected. The consumer price index rose 3.4% in November compared to the same month last year, falling short of Reuters’ forecast of 3.7% and also below October’s inflation rate of 3.8%.
The monthly inflation rate was also unchanged from October, suggesting that price pressures are easing and the rationale for raising interest rates is weakening.
Japanese benchmark Nikkei Stock Average fell 1.06% to 51,961.98, and TOPIX fell 0.77% to 3,511.34. South Korea’s Kospi rose 0.57% to 4,551.06, while the small-cap Kosdaq fell 0.9% to 947.39.
Shares of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor soared 13.8%, marking their sixth consecutive session of gains. The company announced Tuesday that it plans to introduce humanoid robots to its U.S. factories starting in 2028.
hong kong Hang Seng Index fell 0.94%, and the mainland CSI300 fell 0.29% to 4,776.67.
U.S. crude oil futures fell 1.3% to $56.39 per barrel after U.S. President Donald Trump said Venezuela would transfer 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil to the United States. The remarks followed a weekend operation in which the U.S. military captured former leader Nicolas Maduro.
US stock futures were little changed in the first half of Asian trading. Stocks rose overnight in the US as investors appeared to overlook the Venezuela operation.
of S&P500 It rose 0.62% to a record high of 6,944.82. The highest price during the session was also updated. of Dow Jones Industrial Average It rose 484.90 points (0.99%) and also hit an intraday high, closing at a record 49,462.08. The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.65% to end at 23,547.17.
—CNBC’s Liz Napolitano, Fred Imbert and Sean Conlon contributed to this report.
