Asian markets end mostly lower on Monday

18 May 2026 Evaluate

Asian markets ended mostly lower on Monday tracking Wall Street’s fall last Friday, as spiking crude oil prices and global bond yields revived inflation fears, and a raft of Chinese data signalled slowing economic momentum in April. Meanwhile, a drone strike caused a fire at a nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia reported intercepting three drones, escalating regional tensions. US President Donald Trump issued a fresh warning to Iran on Sunday, saying it had to move quickly towards a peace deal or ‘there won't be anything left of them’. Japanese shares declined as technology-related stocks succumbed to profit taking following recent strong gains. Besides, the 10-year Japanese government bond yield climbed to its multi-decade high due to intensifying inflation concerns and Bank of Japan (BoJ) rate hike expectations. However, Seoul shares recovered from an early slide, with Samsung Electronics jumped 3.9% after South Korea’s government stepped in to help avert a looming labour union strike.

Asian Indices	Last Trade	Change in Points	Change in %
Shanghai Composite	4,131.53	-3.86	-0.09
Hang Seng	25,675.18	-287.55	-1.11
Jakarta Composite	6,599.24	-124.08	-1.88
KLSE Composite	1,727.71	-12.51	-0.72
Nikkei 225	60,815.95	-593.34	-0.97
Straits Times	4,996.75	7.67	0.15
KOSPI Composite	7,516.04	22.86	0.31
Taiwan Weighted	40,891.82	-280.54	-0.68

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