{"id":42089,"date":"2024-12-18T07:03:50","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T01:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/?p=42089"},"modified":"2024-12-18T07:03:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T01:33:50","slug":"asian-markets-nikkei-225-slips-0-25-to-39264-74-jpy-in-early-trading-on-december-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/east-asia\/japan\/asian-markets-nikkei-225-slips-0-25-to-39264-74-jpy-in-early-trading-on-december-18\/42089\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian markets: Nikkei 225 slips 0.25% to 39,264.74 JPY in early trading on December 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nikkei 225 index opened lower on December 18, starting the trading day at 39,176.88 JPY, following a previous close of 39,364.68 JPY. By 10:32 AM (local time), the index had recorded a decline of 99.94 points, or 0.25%, at 39,264.74 JPY.<\/p>\n<p>The intraday performance highlighted a day\u2019s range between 39,123.32 JPY and 39,280.64 JPY, reflecting cautious sentiment among investors amid mixed market signals. Over the past week, the index has declined 1.48%, while the monthly performance remains positive with a 2.61% increase.<\/p>\n<p>Despite today\u2019s downturn, the Nikkei 225 continues to demonstrate robust annual growth, with a year-to-date rise of 18.28% and a gain of 19.79% over the past year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Disclaimer<\/strong>: This article is for informational purposes only. It is not intended to provide financial advice or recommendations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nikkei 225 index opened lower on December 18, starting the trading day at 39,176.88 JPY, following a previous close\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":387,"featured_media":39554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,17976],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-japan","category-markets"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/387"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42089"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42091,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42089\/revisions\/42091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}