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Japanese and Australian stocks rise

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May 01, 2025

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Japanese and Australian markets increased Thorsday after placing on Wall Street during the night, such as data that aim at a contraction in the economy of the United States in the first quarter of the fears of investors of an imminent recession.

Several Asia-Pacific markets, including South Korea, Hong Kong, China and India, closed for the Labor Day holidays.

Japan’s reference point Nikkei 225 It increased 0.92% in the broken

The yields of the 10 -year -old Japanese government bonds (JGBS) fell sharply into 4.3 basic points to 1,269% after the decision of the Bank of Japan. Meanwhile, 20 -year JGBs yields fell 2.5 basic points to 2.210%

The Japanese Yen depressed 0.45% against the US dollar to 143.43.

In Australia, the reference point S&P/ASX 200 increased 0.14% to 8,137.4.

The surplus of the country on commercial goods was extended abruptly to 6.9 billion Australian dollars ($ 4.42 billion) in March, of a reviewed reading or 2.85 billion Australian dollars the previous month.

The last number is well above the prognosis of Australian surpluses of 3.9 billion in a reuters survey and occurs when iron ore exports are recovered from weather interruptions and gold shipments rose, the data published by the Australian Statistics Office on Homesday.

At this time, Australia exports increased 7.6% year -on -year, while imports decreased 2.2%.

The US futures jumped after two of the so -called “magnificent seven” goal platforms and Microsoft published their quarterly results.

In the extended negotiation, the Meta Advanced actions more than 4% in stronger income and hikes in the first quarter. Meanwhile, Microsoft increased by 8%, after delivering better expected results in the upper and lower results in the third fiscal quarter, as well as the strong results of its Azure cloud business and the optimistic orientation.

During Stasside night, the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones industrial average of 30 stock achieved their seventh consecutive winning day despite volatility.

The wide base market index advanced 0.15% to close at 5,569.06, while the Dow Jones index added 141.74 points, or 0.35%, settling at 40,669.36.

Meanwhile, the Nasdaq compound ended the day at 17,446.34.

– Brian Evans, Sean Conlon and Pia Singh of CNBC contributed to this report.