Dow Jones-The announcement of a trade agreement between the United States and Japan ensures strongly rising courses on the stock exchange in Tokyo at the middle of the week. With an increase of 3.3 percent, the Nikkei-225 clearly leads the list of winners in the region. The United States and Japan have concluded a trade agreement, said US President Donald Trump in a contribution to Truth Social. Trump explained that he would set the so -called reciprocal tariffs for the country to 15 percent.
As part of the agreement, Japan will invest $ 550 billion in the United States, Trump continued in his contribution. The United States would receive “90 percent of profits” from the investments, according to Trump, without further details. Japan will also “open his country to trade, including cars and trucks, rice and certain other agricultural products,” posted Trump. According to Japan’s chief negotiator Ryosei Akazawa, it is crucial for Japan and his important auto industry that tariffs to motor vehicles are also reduced from 25 percent to 15 percent. However, nothing will change on the tariffs on steel, which are currently 50 percent.
The car values on the Tokyo stock market as a result of this announcement. Mazda motor papers rise by 17.8 percent, Toyota motor climb up 16 percent and Mitsubishi Motors improve by 12.8 percent. But it also goes up for values from other sectors. The Sony shares win 4.8 percent and Tokyo Electron increase by 1.6 percent.
The yen had easily increased in a first reaction, but gave the profits again very quickly. “The Yen rose immediately after the message, since the agreed customs duty of 15 percent is significantly lower than the sentence of 25 percent that US President Trump had threatened a few weeks ago,” writes Carol Kong from the CBA. However, the profits were modest, possibly because the Financial markets The participant added the chance of a trade agreement between the United States and Japan. The dollar currently lists at 147.00 yen, according to stands of 147.60 yen the day before.
The trade agreement indicates a resumption of the tightening cycle of the Bank of Japan (Boj) this year, writes Marcel Thieliant from Capital Economics in a comment. The agreement eliminates an important downward risk to the Japanese economy, according to the head of the Asia-Pacific area. “Since the trading negotiations have now been successful, Prime Minister Ishiba will report on August,” the participant continued. In view of the poor results of the Liberal Democratic Party, this should not be a big surprise in the upper house elections last Sunday, he adds. All in all, the recent developments confirmed the conviction of Capital Economics that the Boj will raise its interest rates again at its meeting in October.
Also on the other Asian stock markets, it goes up, albeit significantly more moderate. The Shanghai Composite increases by 0.7 percent and the Hang Seng index improves by 1.1 percent. In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 is 0.7 percent up.
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Index (stock exchange) last +/- % % YTD end
S&P/ASX 200 (Sydney) 8,737.40 +0.7% +6.2% 08:00
Nikkei -225 (Tokyo) 41.104.01 +3.3% -0.2% 08:30
Kospi (SEOUL) 3,172.21 +0.1% +32.2% 08:30
Shanghai-Comp. 3,608.58 +0.7% +6.2% 09:00
Hang-Seng (Hongk.) 25,396.26 +1.1% +24.4% 10:00
Last +/- % 00:00 Tue, 7:23 % YTD
EUR/USD 1.1737 -0.1 1.1748 1.1686 +12.9%
EUR/JPY 172.52 0.2 172.23 172.66 +5.8%
EUR/GBP 0.8677 -0.1 0.8685 0.8674 +4.7%
GBP/USD 1.3526 -0.0 1.3528 1.3473 +7.8%
USD/JPY 147.00 0.3 146.62 147.74 -6.4%
USD/KRW 1,377.96 -0.2 1,380.68 1,387.94 -6.3%
USD/CNY 7.1440 0.0 7.1440 7.1437 -0.9%
USD/CNH 7.1633 -0.1 7.1711 7.1733 -2.2%
USD/HKD 7,8500 0.0 7.8496 7.8499 +1.0%
AUD/USD 0.6563 0.2 0.6551 0.6513 +5.4%
NZD/USD 0.6008 0.2 0.5995 0.5955 +6.6%
BTC/USD 118,696.95 -0.6 119,450.35 117.284.10 +23.9%
Row oil last VT closing +/- % +/- USD % YTD
Brent/ICE 67.63 67.61 +0.0% +0.02 -7.8%
Metals last the last day +/- % +/- USD % YTD
Gold 3,425.12 3,429.10 -1% -3.98 +29.4%
Silver 33.45 33.42 +0.1% +0.03 +19.3%
Platin 1,232,62 1,231.34 +0.1% +1.28 +40.9%
Copper 5.70 5.70 0% 0.00 +37.9%
YTD based on the final course of the previous day
(Information provided without guarantee)
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July 23, 2025 00:24 ET (04:24 GMT)