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Percentage change in major regional market indices following recent volatility.
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Asian shares mixed, bonds recover as oil eases on Trump's Iran comments
By Rae Wee SINGAPORE, May 19 (Reuters) - Asian shares wobbled on Tuesday while bonds found their footing following a steep selloff after U.S.
Asian shares mixed, bonds recover as oil eases on Trump's Iran comments
A dog is walked beside the water as an oil rig is seen through the mist, on the Cromarty Firth on the north-east coast of Scotland on April 24, 2026. — AFPUS futures reverse early gains, European futures edge higher.Bond selloff abates as oil prices ease.Dollar back at 159 yen, traders on alert for intervention.SINGAPORE: Asian shares wobbled on Tuesday while bonds found their footing following a steep selloff after US President Donald Trump's decision to pause a planned attack on Iran and his claim there was a good chance of a nuclear deal sent oil prices lower.Trump said on Monday he had paused a planned attack against Iran to allow for negotiations to take place on a deal to end the war, after Tehran sent a new peace proposal to Washington. He subsequently said there was a "very good chance" the US could reach an agreement with Iran to prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.Still, investors remained cautious after being rattled in the previous session by a weekend drone strike in the United Arab Emirates."We've seen a lot of back and forth already," said Fabien Yip, a market analyst at IG."Until we actually see real action happening (in the Strait of Hormuz), whereby ships are passing through safely and we see a material rebound in the numbers of traffic going through in the Strait, I think the market in general is shrugging off the commentary from either side."Brent crude futures fell more than 2% to $109.41 a barrel on the back of Trump's comments, while US crude was down 1.3% to $107.25 per barrel, though both remained more than 50% above their pre-war levels.In share markets, MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.22%, while Japan's Nikkei rose 1%. South Korea's Kospi fell 2%.Nasdaq futures reversed early gains to trade 0.07% lower, while S&P 500 futures lost 0.03%. In Europe, EUROSTOXX 50 futures rose 0.4%, while FTSE futures and DAX futures edged 0.3% and 0.4% higher, respectively.The all-important artificial intelligence trade will be tested by earnings from Nvidia that are due on Wednesday, where expectations are sky-high for the world's most valuable company."Nvidia's earnings are the ultimate test for a stock market that is not only trading at record highs, but one that also had a breathtaking bounce off of the March lows, as Nvidia is the market's shorthand for everything AI and this market's gains have been driven in large part by AI over the past few years," said Richard Reyle, chief investment officer...
Asian Markets Mixed as Oil Eases; India Seen Opening Cautious
Asian shares trade mixed as oil prices ease but remain elevated. With US, Europe under pressure from inflation and geopolitics, Indian markets are likely to open cautiously.
GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian shares mixed, bonds recover as oil eases on Trump ...
Asian shares wobbled on Tuesday while bonds found their footing following a steep selloff after U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to pause a planned attack on Iran and his claim there was a good chance of a nuclear deal sent oil prices lower.
