People watch the first sunrise of the New Year from the sidewalk overlooking the city skyline of Seoul on January 1, 2024.
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Wall Street opened overnight on Thursday, with most areas open after U.S. President Donald Trump delayed tariffs on certain automakers.
Japanese Nikkei 225 Up 0.76%, while Topix climbed to 0.78%. South Korea kospi It was up 0.61%, while the small kosdaq rose 0.38%.
Consumer inflation in South Korea February saw a 2% increase, up 1.95% from Reuters’ estimates and slower than January’s 2.2%.
The Hang Seng Index Futures in Hong Kong was 23,962, which was also higher than the last end of HSI of 23,594.21.
Australia S&P/ASX 200 Slide 0.48%.
The White House announced Wednesday that tariffs on automakers were delayed for a month, with their vehicles in compliance with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement. White House spokesman Karoline Leavitt also said Trump was “open” to additional tariff exemptions outside of automatic tax pauses.
Overnight in the United States, these three main averages are higher. this Dow Jones Industrial Average The rebound was 485.60 points, or 1.14%, and resumed the decline with a score of 43,006.59. More than 1300 points In the past two meetings. this S&P 500 Increase 1.12% to 5,842.63, while Nasdaq Composite Materials Climbed 1.46% to 18,552.73.
– Lisa Kailai Han and Alex Harring of CNBC contributed to this report.
