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ارتفعت أسواق آسيا والمحيط الهادئ في الغالب يوم الثلاثاء ، بعد يوم من الإشارة إلى الرئيس الصيني شي جين بينغ للدعم للقطاع الخاص في البلاد وحث الشركات على ذلك “show their “المواهب.”
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 ended the day 0.66% lower at 8,481, after the Reserve Bank of Australia cut rates by 25 basis points to 4.1%, in line with Reuters’ estimates. This marks the RBA’s first rate cut in over four years.
The Australian dollar had strengthened 0.06% to 0.6351 against the dollar.
The yields on Australian 10-year government bonds have dropped nearly 20 basis points since Jan. 13 to 4.450% on Tuesday, according to LSEG data.
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 was trading 0.56% higher, while the broader Topix index advanced 0.53%.
South Korea’s Kospi was up 0.55%, while the small-cap Kosdaq gained 0.37%.
Mainland China’s CSI 300 Index rose 0.22%, reversing course from previous losses.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index rose 2.09%. The Hang Seng tech index climbed 3.18%, reversing course from its over 2% Monday after Xi’s comments in a rare closed-door symposium.
Indian markets started the day in negative territory, with the Nifty 50 was trading 0.41% lower, while the BSE Sensex index was down 0.47%.
Australia’s central bank cut rates for the first time in over four years
Australia’s central bank cut rates by 25 basis points to 4.1% on Tuesday, making this its first easing since November 2020.
The Reserve Bank of Australia had cut rates to a key record low in 2020, given Australia’s slowing economy during the pandemic.
The central bank had held its policy rate steady at 4.35% since November 2023, following an extended period of 13 rate hikes to tame inflation at home.
— Anniek Bao
Nissan shares rise 5.66% as Honda reportedly remains open to merger if Nissan CEO steps down
Shares in Nissan and Honda
— Amala Balakrishner, Financial Times
Shares in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries surge over 5% on launch of new vessel for Japanese navy
Shares in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries surged as much as 6.95% Tuesday, after its shipbuilding arm launched a vessel for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Called Bingo, the vessel was ordered by the Japanese navy and is the fourth in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Maritime Systems’ Hibiki-class of auxiliary ocean surveillance ships, JMSDF wrote in a post on X on Tuesday.
The contract for the vessel was awarded in March 2023 for about 19.6 billion yen ($129.2 million), according to reports by Naval News. The vessel is scheduled for delivery and commissioning in March 2026, the report added.
— Amala Balakrishner