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Most Asian stock markets hovered near the flatline on Tuesday, mirroring overnight softness on Wall Street after renewed selling in heavyweight technology stocks, while thin year-end liquidity and upcoming New Year holidays kept trading activity subdued across the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
U.S. index futures were broadly steady during Asian hours, offering little near-term direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Asia markets muted amid light volumes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Regional markets struggled for clear momentum as many investors remained on the sidelines, with several exchanges set to close or operate on shortened schedules later in the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wall Street ended lower on Monday, paring part of its recent rebound as losses in major technology names dragged broader benchmarks. The pullback dampened risk appetite, with investors wary of adding exposure at elevated valuations near year-end and ahead of key U.S. policy signals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asian equities largely tracked the overnight tone. India\u2019s Nifty 50 inched up 0.1%, and Australia\u2019s S&P\/ASX 200 traded flat. China\u2019s Shanghai Composite was steady, while Hong Kong\u2019s Hang Seng index gained 0.3%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fed minutes in focus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Caution prevailed ahead of the release of minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve\u2019s December policy meeting later on Tuesday. Investors are looking for greater insight into policymakers\u2019 thinking following the central bank\u2019s latest rate decision and its guidance on the outlook for interest rates beyond next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Markets have increasingly priced in the prospect of further policy easing in 2026 as inflation continues to cool and economic growth shows signs of moderation. However, uncertainty persists around the timing and magnitude of any future rate cuts, particularly if incoming U.S. data remains resilient.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Most Asian stock markets hovered near the flatline on Tuesday, mirroring overnight softness on Wall Street after renewed selling in heavyweight technology stocks, while thin year-end liquidity and upcoming New Year holidays kept trading activity subdued across the region. U.S. index futures were broadly steady during Asian hours, offering little near-term direction. Asia markets muted …<\/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-122130","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\/122130","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=122130"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122131,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122130\/revisions\/122131"}],"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=122130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Japan\u2019s Nikkei 225 and the broader TOPIX each slipped 0.1%, while South Korea\u2019s KOSPI was little changed. Singapore\u2019s Straits Times Index outperformed, rising 0.6% against the regional trend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n