Asian markets ended mixed on Wednesday, tracking Wall Street’s overnight decline amid concerns that the AI-fuelled rally in chipmakers may be overstretched, while investors awaited the release of minutes from last month's Federal Reserve meeting. Furthermore, surging crude oil prices and renewed US-Iran tensions added pressure on sentiment following a fresh round of US airstrikes on Iran. The strikes targeted more than 80 locations in response to Iranian attacks on three commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. At the NATO summit in Ankara, US President Trump officially declared an interim peace deal with Iran ‘over’, calling continued talks with Tehran a waste of time. Meanwhile, South Korea's benchmark Kospi Index officially entered a bear market after plunging over 20% from its June record highs.
| Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
| Shanghai Composite | 3,970.88 | -19.36 | -0.49 |
| Hang Seng | 24,199.46 | 702.57 | 2.99 |
| Jakarta Composite | 5,873.37 | -113.13 | -1.93 |
| KLSE Composite | 1,683.61 | 0.68 | 0.04 |
| Nikkei 225 | 66,819.05 | -1,437.91 | -2.11 |
| Straits Times | 5,369.57 | 27.33 | 0.51 |
| KOSPI Composite | 7,246.79 | -409.52 | -5.35 |
| Taiwan Weighted | 45,734.41 | 255.30 | 0.56 |
