Japan’s Nikkei 225 benchmark jumped 2.1 percent to close at 66,970.22 on Monday, an AP report showed, as technology companies led the advance. Tokyo Electron climbed 4.1 percent while Advantest rose 6.4 percent. The performance reflected broader optimism following Wall Street’s advances last week.
South Korea’s Kospi index added a more modest 0.7 percent to finish at 6,299.66, according to the report, despite minor losses in major chipmakers. Samsung Electronics fell 0.4 percent and SK Hynix declined 0.1 percent. The AP report indicated foreign investors were selling shares in Big Tech firms to lock in recent profits and rebalance into sectors such as defense contractors.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index gained 0.9 percent to 25,904.94 and the Shanghai Composite rose 0.7 percent to 3,966.59, the report stated. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.3 percent to 9,232.60 while Taiwan’s Taiex surged 1.6 percent and India’s Sensex added 0.2 percent. These movements illustrated varied investor responses across the region to global economic indicators.
U.S. stocks rose on Friday after the government reported employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs last month, AP figures show. The S&P 500 climbed 0.6 percent to a record 7,757.64, the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.3 percent to 54,036.93 and the Nasdaq composite advanced 1.3 percent to 26,572.62. A weaker jobs market raised expectations that the Federal Reserve might hold off on raising interest rates to combat inflation.
Oil prices rose following Israel’s rejection of a Gaza deal announced by U.S. President Donald Trump, the AP report noted, with additional pressures from a potential Iran-Oman agreement on managing the Strait of Hormuz and a Houthi strike on a Yemeni Red Sea port. Brent crude gained 0.6 percent to $84.01 per barrel while U.S. benchmark crude advanced 0.3 percent to $78.46. Bas van Geffen, senior macro strategist for Rabobank, said in a commentary, «Negotiators said that a deal to establish a safe shipping route was close, but Iran may now be exploring just how much it can extract from the US in return.»
U.S. Energy Information Administration data places average oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz at 20.9 million barrels per day in the first half of 2025, equivalent to about 20 percent of global petroleum liquids consumption.[[1]](https://www.eia.gov/international/analysis/special-topics/world_oil_transit_Chokepoints) This volume underscores the chokepoint’s role in global energy security during periods of regional instability. J.P. Morgan Global Research forecasts Brent crude to average $86 per barrel in the third quarter of 2026.
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