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Stock prices are displayed on a screen at the Kabuto One building in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, April 13, 2026. Oil rose and stocks fell after President Donald Trump ordered a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, escalating tensions with Iran after peace talks collapsed over the weekend. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Asia-Pacific markets are set to open mixed on Friday as investors weigh signs that Washington and Tehran are moving closer to a tentative agreement to halt a three-month conflict over new military activity involving Iran.
Iranian armed forces reportedly launched missiles at unspecified targets late Thursday, according to state media outlet Fars.
The latest military activity in southern Iran came just hours after the Pentagon said Tehran had launched ballistic missiles towards Kuwait and deployed attack drones in and around the Strait of Hormuz.
A White House official confirmed this early Thursday. axios The report said the United States and Iran “broadly agreed” on the terms of a deal aimed at temporarily halting the three-month conflict.
of japan Nikkei 225 It was poised to rise, with the Chicago futures contract trading at 65,795 and the Osaka contract last trading at 65,800, compared with the index’s previous close of 64,693.12.
Futures contracts in Australia were last traded at 8,675. S&P/ASX 200Its last close was 8,592.90.
However, Hong Kong Hang Seng index Futures were last at 24,995, just below the index’s last close of 25,006.16.
