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Asia-Pacific · Daily Close

Asia-Pacific closed broadly down.

Tuesday, August 18, 2026 · AI-powered market analysis by MarketBell
Bias
Bear
2 up · 7 down
Breadth
2/9
rising
Avg move
-0.48%
region avg
Top mover
Nikkei
-1.82%
Markets Closed
Nikkei 225Japan$67,461-1.82%
SSE CompositeChina$3990.30+1.61%
Hang SengHong Kong$25,471+1.41%
KOSPISouth Korea$6869.83-1.55%
SENSEXIndia$77,377-0.81%
NIFTY 50India$24,155-0.87%
ASX 200Australia$9070.00-0.50%
TAIEXTaiwan$45,309-1.10%
STISingapore$5701.40-0.73%
Why Asia-Pacific closed broadly down
Asia-Pacific Markets

Asia-Pacific closed broadly lower (avg -0.48%). Intel analysis temporarily unavailable.

Data

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Session

2 markets rose and 7 fell in this session.

Commodities Spot
Gold$4449.50+0.72%
Silver$65.09-1.55%
WTI Crude$84.22-0.33%
Brent Crude$90.99+0.13%
Bitcoin$64,091-0.64%
VIX$16.02+12.42%
US 10Y Yield$4.72+1.79%

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