Nikkei 225, Hang Seng Index

Asia-Pacific markets opened mixed on Thursday after Wall Street closed in the red on rising geopolitical tensions and comments from US President Donald Trump.

U.S. defense stocks fell after the president said he “will not allow” defense companies to issue dividends or share buybacks until their grievances about the industry, including executive pay packages and production problems, are addressed.

Oil prices also fell overnight after Trump said Venezuela’s interim authorities would transfer as much as 50 million barrels of crude oil to the United States, raising concerns that global supplies would increase.

Brent crude futures It fell 0.51% to $60.39 per barrel. US West Texas Intermediate crude oil It rose 0.61% to $56.33 per barrel as of 7:30 a.m. Singapore time (6:30 p.m. EST Wednesday).

Japan’s reference point Nikkei 225 While the index opened with a decrease of 0.46%, the Topix index decreased by 0.27%.

South Korean Kospi gained 0.12%, while small-cap Kosdaq gained 0.1%.

Australia’s ASX/S&P 200 rose 0.21%. shares BlueScope Steel It fell 2.54% early Thursday after the company rejected a $9 billion takeover offer from the Australian conglomerate SGH and US based Steel Dynamics.

of hong kong Hang Seng Index Futures contracts started trading at 26,348, compared to the index’s previous close of 26,458.95.

U.S. stock futures were little changed in early Asian trading. S&P 500 And Dow Jones Industrial Average He caught the 3-day winning streak.

Overnight, the broad market index fell about 0.3%, while the Dow fell 466 points, or roughly 0.9%.

Technology-oriented Nasdaq Composite Google gained about 0.2%, helped by a 2.4% gain at its parent company Alphabet This led to the company’s market capitalization surpassing Apple for the first time since 2019.

— CNBC’s Pia Singh and Sean Conlon contributed to this report.