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Asia-Pacific markets closed mixed on Tuesday as investors weighed fresh uncertainty over U.S.-Iran peace talks, while Wall Street’s benchmark indexes rose to overnight highs on optimism for tech markets.
Japanese Nikkei Stock Average ended 0.3% lower at 66,734.24, and TOPIX fell 0.42% to 3,924.24. South Korea’s Kospi fell 0.15% to 8,801.49, and the small-cap Kosdaq fell 2.29% to 1,026.03.
In Australia, S&P/ASX 200 It ended flat at 8,724.4.
hong kong Hang Seng Index Mainland China’s CSI300 index ended 1.45% lower at 4,914.56, up 2.41% in the last hour of trading.
indian nifty 50 The previous increase was 0.5%.
US President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed the possibility that peace talks with Iran could break down, telling CNBC: “Honestly, I don’t care if the peace talks end.”
“I really don’t care. I can’t really care,” Trump told CNBC’s Eamonn Javers in a midday phone interview Monday, adding that he felt the drawn-out negotiations were “starting to get very boring.”
President Trump was responding early Monday to a question about reports that Iranian negotiators are considering ending talks with the United States and “completely closing” the Strait of Hormuz in response to Israel’s military operation in Lebanon targeting the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group.
Asked whether Iranian officials had informed them not to continue negotiations, President Trump answered, “No, we have not.”
S&P 500 futures fell 0.2% and Nasdaq 100 futures fell 0.3%. Futures, which track the Dow Jones Industrial Average, fell 122 points, or 0.2%.
Overnight on Wall Street, the S&P 500 rose despite higher oil prices, and NVIDIA’s leading technology rose on the launch of new chips for PCs.
The broader market index rose 0.26% to end at 7,599.96, and the Nasdaq Composite Index rose 0.42% to end at 27,086.81. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 46.42 points, or 0.09%, to end at 51,078.88. All three indexes set new intraday highs and closed at their highest levels.
— CNBC’s Sarah Ming and Lisa Kayla Han contributed to this report
