The main stock markets in Asia and Europe increased on Monday in exchanges following the American announcement that key consumption electronics would be temporarily exempt from the reciprocal rates of President Donald Trump.
The Hong Kong Hang Seng index led the regional gains, closing 2.4% with the Hang Seng Tech index increasing by more than 2%.
On the continent, the Shanghai composite index increased by 0.76% and the Shenzen components index increased by 0.51%.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo increased by 1.18% while the broader Topix index increased by almost 0.9%.
Elsewhere, the Kospi index of South Korea increased by 0.95% and Australia& P / ASX 200 closed 1.34% higher. The Taiwan Taeix index slipped by 0.08%.
Technological actions have particularly performed well. Tokyo Email has increased by 2%, Adventst – a manufacturer of test equipment – increased by 5.4%and Samsung Electronics in South Korea gained 1.4%.
A woman passes in front of a scholarship scholarship showing the average Nikkei sharing outside a brokerage house in Tokyo, Japan, April 14, 2025.
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In Europe, the Pan-Continental Stoxx 600 increased by 1.8% to the opening. The Dax index of Germany increased by more than 2%, the CAC 40 of France increased by 1.9%and the FTSE 100 of Great Britain increased by 1.95%.
Future Americans also stretched out. Dow Jones Future increased by 0.71% on Monday morning, S& P 500 term contracts increased by 1.19% and the term contracts on the NASDAQ increased by 1.57%.
Smartphones, computers, flat-screen television screens, memory chips, storage devices based on semiconductors and other electronics are among the elements excluded from the reciprocal prices of the Trump administration, according to an American customs bulletin and border protection published on Friday evening.
The news suggested a possible relief for the technological companies affected by the 145% Trump prices on all goods from China. But the president and his economic advisers underlined during the weekend that all suspended would be temporary, with specific prices to be imposed on the goods placed within the framework of a new classification of national security.
The currency traders are looking at monitors near a screen showing the composite actions course index in Korea in the exchange room of the headquarters of the headquarters of Keb Hana Bank in Seoul, in South Korea, on April 14, 2025.
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Trump posted on Truth Social on Sunday saying that there was “no” exemption ‘priced announced on Friday “and that the prices of semiconductors” will simply pass to another “” “rate
“No one embarks on hook for unfair commercial sales and non -monetary price barriers, which other countries have used against us, especially not China which, by far, treats the worst!” Trump wrote.
“We examine the semiconductors and the entire supply chain in electronics in the next surveys on national security prices,” added Trump.
Trump did not postpone on Saturday evening when a journalist asked for details on “exemptions”.
“I’m going to give you this answer on Monday. We will be very specific on Monday,” said Trump. “We take a lot of money. As a country, we take a lot of money.”
President Donald Trump attended the ultimate combat championship on April 12, 2025 in Miami.
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Selina Wang, Fritz Farrow and Joe Simonetti from ABC News contributed to this report.
