The key Asian stock markets fell when opening on Monday as the reaction of the world to the tariff campaign of President Donald Trump continued, already measure that US futures. Uu. They pointed out more agitation for US markets.
Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index lost almost 9% shortly after the opening of the market, the strong decrease that triggered a circuit switch that temporarily stopped trade. The broader topix index of Japan sank 8%.
The Kospi index of South Korea fell more than 5% in Monday’s negotiation, with Australia’s S& P/ASX 200 sliding more than 6% before recovering slightly.
Hong Kong Hang Seng index opened 9.56%, with Chinese technological actions such as Alibaba and Baidu falling almost 12%. In the continent, where there are fewer international investors, the Shanghai compound index fell 4.82%
An electronic board showing the Nikkei 225 index in the Tokyo Stock Exchange is seen in Tokyo, Japan, on April 7, 2025.
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India’s stock markets also fought. The EEB Sensex fell 5.19%, while the broader NIFTY fell 5%.
The US futures. They pointed out greater weakness. Futures for the S& P 500 lost 4.2%, while those of the industrial average Dow Jones show 3.5%. Nasdaq’s futures lost 5.3%.
Investors prepare to continue the market agitation on Monday in response to Trump’s “Liberation Day” rates announced last week.
Speaking with journalists on Air Force One on Sunday, Trump addressed the recent turbulence of the market and the subsequent fears of an imminent recession.
“Now, what will happen to the market? I can’t tell you, but I can tell you that our country has become much stronger, and will eventually be a country like no other, it will be the most economically dominant country in the world,” Trump said.
“I don’t want anything to fall, but sometimes you have to take medications to fix something and we have so horrible: other countries have treated us so badly because we had a stupid leadership that allowed this to happen,” added the president.
Ellie Kaufman, Karson Yiu, Zunaira Zaki and Hannah Demissie contributed to this report.
