{"id":79888,"date":"2026-04-22T18:17:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T08:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/?p=79888"},"modified":"2026-04-22T18:17:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T08:17:19","slug":"wednesday-22nd-april-2026-nikkei-hits-record-high-as-ceasefire-extension-fails-to-lift-broader-asia-pacific-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wednesday-22nd-april-2026-nikkei-hits-record-high-as-ceasefire-extension-fails-to-lift-broader-asia-pacific-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday 22nd April 2026: Nikkei Hits Record High as Ceasefire Extension Fails to Lift Broader Asia-Pacific Markets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br \/>Global Markets:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u00a0Asian Stock Markets : Nikkei up 0.26%, Shanghai Composite up 0.24% Hang Seng down 1.35% ASX down 1.03%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commodities : Gold at $4,774.70(1.16%) Silver at $77.957 (1.92%), Brent Oil at $98.44 (-0.06%), WTI Oil at $89.45 (-0.25%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rates : US 10-year yield at 4.291, UK 10-year yield at 4.8870, Germany 10-year yield at 3.0108<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News &amp; Data:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>(CAD) Core Retail Sales m\/m 1.9%\u00a0 to 1.4%\u00a0 expected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Markets Update:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Japan\u2019s Nikkei 225 climbed to a record high on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump extended a ceasefire with Iran, though most Asia-Pacific markets traded lower amid uncertainty over the prolonged Middle East conflict.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump said the ceasefire extension followed a request from Pakistan\u2019s leadership and would remain in place until Iran presented a unified proposal or negotiations concluded. He added that U.S. forces would continue maintaining a blockade of Iranian ports. However, Iran signaled reluctance to participate in talks, with officials calling the negotiations a \u201cwaste of time,\u201d according to state media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The uncertainty also delayed Vice President JD Vance\u2019s planned participation in peace discussions, U.S. officials told Axios and The New York Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oil prices retreated slightly after earlier gains, with West Texas Intermediate falling 0.49% to $89.23 per barrel and Brent crude easing 0.31% to $98.17.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Japan\u2019s Nikkei 225 reached 59,691 after export data showed a seventh consecutive monthly rise, though the Topix slipped 0.63%. South Korea\u2019s Kospi declined 0.14%, while the Kosdaq dropped 0.81%. China\u2019s CSI 300 rose 0.30%, but Hong Kong\u2019s Hang Seng fell 1.32%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Australia\u2019s S&amp;P\/ASX 200 lost 0.94%, and India\u2019s Nifty 50 slipped 0.48%, even as U.S. stock futures edged higher.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Upcoming Events:<br \/><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>02:30 PM GMT &#8211; USD Crude Oil Inventories<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Markets: News &amp; Data: Markets Update: Japan\u2019s Nikkei 225 climbed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":79441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[196,215,339],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fundamental-analysis","category-market-analysis","category-recent-posts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79888"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79889,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79888\/revisions\/79889"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}