{"id":117765,"date":"2025-08-15T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T08:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/?p=117765"},"modified":"2025-08-15T10:01:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T06:01:57","slug":"asian-markets-mixed-as-japan-gdp-surprises-chinese-data-disappoints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/asian-markets-mixed-as-japan-gdp-surprises-chinese-data-disappoints\/08\/15\/market-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian Markets Mixed as Japan GDP Surprises, Chinese Data Disappoints"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asian equity markets showed a mixed performance on Friday, with Japan\u2019s stocks rallying on stronger-than-expected economic growth, while Hong Kong fell amid weak Chinese industrial and retail data. Trading volumes were thin in South Korea and India due to public holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Japan\u2019s Economic Growth Supports Nikkei<\/strong><br>Tokyo\u2019s <strong>Nikkei 225<\/strong> surged <strong>1%<\/strong>, hovering near Wednesday\u2019s record high of <strong>43,451<\/strong>, while the broader <strong>TOPIX<\/strong> index climbed <strong>0.8%<\/strong>, rebounding from record levels reached earlier in the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Friday\u2019s data revealed that Japan\u2019s <strong>GDP expanded 1% year-on-year in Q2<\/strong>, surpassing the <strong>0.4% forecast<\/strong> and building on a <strong>revised 0.6% growth<\/strong> in Q1. Strong exports and resilient capital spending helped offset pressures from U.S. tariffs, reinforcing optimism about Japan\u2019s economic momentum. Analysts suggest the stronger-than-expected outcome could prompt the <strong>Bank of Japan<\/strong> to consider additional monetary tightening measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Weak Chinese Data Weighs on Hong Kong<\/strong><br>In contrast, Chinese economic indicators disappointed in July. <strong>Industrial production<\/strong> growth slowed, reflecting waning overseas demand after early tariff-driven stockpiling, while <strong>retail sales<\/strong> also came in below expectations, signaling subdued domestic consumption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, <strong>Hong Kong\u2019s Hang Seng Index<\/strong> fell <strong>1.3%<\/strong>. In Mainland China, however, the <strong>Shanghai Composite<\/strong> and <strong>CSI 300<\/strong> both posted gains of <strong>0.5%<\/strong>, suggesting selective buying in response to attractive valuations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Regional Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Australia\u2019s S&amp;P\/ASX 200<\/strong> advanced <strong>0.4%<\/strong> to a record high.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Singapore\u2019s Straits Times Index<\/strong> declined <strong>0.9%<\/strong>, dragged down by weaker regional demand.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>U.S. Markets in Focus<\/strong><br>On Wall Street, major indices closed largely unchanged on Thursday, as <strong>hot U.S. producer price data<\/strong> tempered expectations of an outsized <strong>Federal Reserve rate cut<\/strong> next month. Nevertheless, the <strong>S&amp;P 500<\/strong> reached a fresh record high, reflecting market confidence in a <strong>quarter-point Fed cut<\/strong> still largely priced in for September. <strong>Dow Jones futures<\/strong> traded slightly higher during Asian hours, indicating cautious investor sentiment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asian equity markets showed a mixed performance on Friday, with Japan\u2019s stocks rallying on stronger-than-expected economic growth, while Hong Kong fell amid weak Chinese industrial and retail data. Trading volumes were thin in South Korea and India due to public holidays. Japan\u2019s Economic Growth Supports NikkeiTokyo\u2019s Nikkei 225 surged 1%, hovering near Wednesday\u2019s record high &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":31994,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6827,49,39,36],"tags":[6849,6851],"class_list":["post-117765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-daily-economic-reports","category-economic-reports","category-global-stock-markets","category-market-updates","tag-asia","tag-stocks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117765"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117766,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117765\/revisions\/117766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}